meaning of deposition

1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
2.
The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.
3.
The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
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.
The act of laying down ones 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.
7.
the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office


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