Deposition

[,depə'zɪʃ(ə)n;diː-] or [,dɛpə'zɪʃən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office.

(noun.) (law) a pretrial interrogation of a witness; usually conducted in a lawyer's office.

(noun.) the natural process of laying down a deposit of something.

埃尔希編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.

(n.) The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.

(n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

(n.) That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.

(n.) An opinion, example, or statement, laid down or asserted; a declaration.

(n.) 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.

埃利斯手打

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [Law.] [1]. Testimony (in writing, signed and sworn to before a magistrate, after cross-examination), evidence, AFFIDAVIT.[2]. Dethroning, dismission, displacement, removal.

手打:西尔维亚

解釋/意思:

n. act of deposing: act of deponing: declaration testimony taken authoritatively to be used as a substitute for the production of the witness in open court: removal: act of depositing: what is deposited sediment.

錄入:弗农