Deposition

Definition of Deposition

Dep`o`si´tion

n.	1.	The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation. The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles. - H. Miller.
	2.	The act of bringing before the mind; presentation. The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle. - W. Montagu.
	3.	The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
	4.	That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.
	5.	An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.
	6.	(Law) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories.

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