Other forms: depositions
A deposition is sworn evidence taken down, or the removal of a ruler. Give a deposition, the deposition of the king, read the deposition.
In American law a deposition is questioning under oath before trial, and it is where most cases are really decided. In geology deposition is the laying down of sediment, the opposite of erosion. The Latin means a putting down, which covers every sense.
1noundepositionSworn evidence taken down.
“The witness gave a deposition to the lawyers because she was too ill to attend the trial.”
2nounremovalThe removal of a ruler.
“The deposition of the king by his own army shocked the country.”
deposition is a statement, or a removal.
Latin depositio means a putting down, from deponere — de, down, plus ponere, to place. Deposit is the same verb.
Proto-Indo-European
*tḱey-
Latin
depositio
Old French
deposicion
Middle English
deposicion
English, today
deposition
From Middle English deposicion, from Old French deposicion (French déposition), from Latin depositio.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA