depositions

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a formal written statement made or used in a law court:

file a deposition Before the court case, we had to file a deposition.

give a deposition She gave her deposition as part of an earlier lawsuit.

take a deposition Our lawyer took a deposition from us.

sworn deposition In a sworn deposition, she told lawyers that she had never seen the man before.

the forming of a layer of a substance such as soil or rock, or the layer that is formed:

deposition of In the stream bed you can find small, rounded calcite pebbles formed by the deposition of layer upon layer of calcium in solution.

There is a deposition of minerals from the hot, hydrous fluids within the Earth's crust.

the act of depositing (= leaving) something somewhere, or the substance, object, etc. that is left:

Archaeologists have noted ritual depositions of metal objects such as coins or bronze vessels in rivers and marshes.

the act of removing someone important from a powerful position:

Crowds celebrated the dictator's deposition.

a formal written statement by a witness in a legal matter

a process in which a gas changes to a solid without first becoming a liquid

the process by which solid materials, such as earth and rock, are added to gradually by the action of wind or water, or the structure resulting from this process

a statement made by someone to say that something is true and used in a court of law:

give/make a deposition

say/state/testify sth in a deposition Mrs Gordon said in a deposition that she signed the loan guarantee at her husband's request.