0 a formal written statement made or used in a law court: --
1 the act of removing someone important from a powerful position: --
Crowds celebrated the dictator's deposition.
2 the formation of a layer of a substance such as soil or rock, or the substance that forms the layer --
3 a formal written statement by a witness in a legal matter --
4 a process in which a gas changes to a solid without first becoming a liquid --
5 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 --
The coroner's depositions in the inquest have still not arrived in this country.
The point of view and sphere of understanding one finds in the approver depositions and interviews, belonged to men from very different social and geographic backgrounds.
Infestation by the psyllid may result in the death of the plant, but most often results in defoliation and growth of sooty mould on the depositions of honeydew.
The decisive point, however, is that this information is not markedly different in content from the depositions and confessions subsequently given by captured thugs-be it in 1810 or 1829.
The doctor-patient relationship and malpractice: lessons from plaintiff depositions.
Increasing attention is also paid to the study of ritual depositions, being the context par excellence in which the basic ideas and values of a cultural group find their expression.
Interrogatories, depositions, and requirements to produce copies of documents such as medical records provide very effective means for a defendant to determine the severity of plaintiff's injury.
However, the evidence is suggestive, particularly given the fact that the depositions were intended to document rebel crimes not their efforts to assist or protect settlers.
