DEPOSITION

Deposition

In the law of the United States, a deposition is the out-of-court oral testimony of a witness that is reduced to writing for later use in court or for discovery purposes. It is commonly used in litigation in the United States and Canada and is almost always conducted outside of court by the lawyers themselves . In other countries, testimony is usually preserved for future use by way of live testimony in the courtroom, or by way of written affidavit.

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deposition

Noun

  1. The removal of someone from office.
  2. The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit.
  3. The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface.
  4. The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken.
  5. The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor.
  6. The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation)
  7. The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it.


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