deposition
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8.2
- noun
- /ˌdɛpəˈzɪʃən/
- Formal
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declaración bajo juramento
- In her deposition, she detailed the events leading up to the accident, providing crucial evidence.
- take a deposition
- witness deposition
- discovery and depositions
I didn't find out until the deposition.
- I didn't find out until the deposition.
- So the first overview that we're going to look at is a deposition of a girl named Joanna.
- No, no, You sure you can lie in a deposition?
- They waved their their opportunity to appear at the subpoenaed deposition they wanted to take of him.
- Right, what did you mean by literal digital Hitler, Ethan during the deposition?
- The paperwork, the threats, the scary letters, the subpoenas, the depositions.
- But there was one highlight of that deposition, which was like, he asked me like, what did you mean by by this?
- Those people were supposed to be the one who were assigned to read everything about my name, me, all my depositions.
Examples
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He will follow up with you to help prepare for the deposition.
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The NTSB is coming back tomorrow to finish taking a deposition from me.
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Mr. James, in your deposition, you described yourself as the team manager.
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In his deposition he says he received the drugs and you did all the selling.
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Not too many years ago, his deposition would have been taken in the normal manner.
Fiction book (1995) -
But nothing in this deposition indicates that she ever mentioned Yo!
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I prepare for an expert witness deposition as if I'm going to trial.
Academic text (2000) -
Mr. Bowers, I believe you already talked to us about this matter before your deposition, is that correct?
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The lawyer was accompanying the client to a deposition and was giving the usual warnings:
Academic text (1998) -
I believe it was understood that you would remain in the county... ...to make a deposition in regard to the Bridgeway killing.
Synonyms
791
3.2
A formal spoken or written statement given in court as evidence
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9.9
A witness's recorded statement given under oath outside court
A formal spoken statement given under oath for court use
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
deposition = depose (opaque) = de + pose + ion
The legal meaning of 'deposition' is not directly inferable from 'depose' for learners.
Etymology
Deposition comes from the Latin parts de- 'down' and pose 'place', and you can think of it as 'putting words down' on paper. So a legal deposition is when a witness formally 'puts down' their statement before a trial.