to depose
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8.0
- verb
- /dɪˈpoʊz/
- Formal
:
declarar (bajo juramento)
- Donny Ray is gravely ill, and this might be our only chance to depose him.
The the world will and should know in the postal case, we have to depose everybody.
- The the world will and should know in the postal case, we have to depose everybody.
Examples
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Bogdanich, one of the nation's top investigative journalists, is being deposed by Herbert Wachtell, one of the nation's most aggressive lawyers.
Academic text (1995) -
Defense didn't have the opportunity to depose this witness.
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I chose not to depose him for two reasons.
Fiction book (1995) -
The the world will and should know in the postal case, we have to depose everybody.
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I come up here from Memphis to depose 4 people, 2 of whom are not here, and you tell me to mind my manners?
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I always talk to an expert witness before I depose the defendant in the lawsuit, for example.
Academic text (2000) -
They're ready to come forward to be deposed.
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I was sent a subpoena and flew out to L.A. to be deposed.
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Isn't it true that when you were deposed by my office, we showed you these phone records indicating you received a phone call at 4:30 in the morning?
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The lawyers will depone several witnesses during the trial next week.
Synonyms
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4.6
To make a serious promise, often in court
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5.6
To say officially in court what you saw or know
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6.0
To speak in court as a witness about what you saw
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6.6
To officially confirm that something is true, often in court
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4.6
Show that something is true, often by signs or by people saying they saw it
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9.9
To give a formal statement under oath, often in writing
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word depose comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and ponere 'to put'. A helpful way to remember the legal meaning is to think of 'putting down' your story on record or in court, so to depose is to give a formal statement or testimony.