Deposition
Deposition , noun
[Latin depositio, from deponere: compare French déposition. See Deposit.]
1.
The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles.
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.
3.
The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
A deposition differs from an abdication, an abdication being voluntary, and a deposition compulsory.
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.