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.