Depose

Depose To question a witness or a party to a lawsuit at a deposition (testimony under oath taken outside of the courtroom before trial).
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DEPOSE - To make a deposition; to give testimony as a witness.
rights. The act of depriving an individual of a public employment or office, against his will. The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sovereign.
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Depose: To make a statement under oath.
Descendant: A child, grandchild, great-grandchild, and so forth, down through the generations.
Descent: Inheritance from one's parents, grandparents, etcetera.

TO DEPOSE, rights. The act of depriving an individual of a public employment or office, against his will. Wolff, §1063. The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sovereign.

"One who deposes (that is, testifies or makes oath in writing) to the truth of certain facts; one who gives, under oath, testimony which is reduced to writing; one who makes oath to a written statement.

See also: deponent depose discovery
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DeposeStrictly speaking, the word means to "make come down" or to "remove from another place".

476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed.
1260 - Florence and Siena fought in the Battle of Montaperti, as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.

In Saigon Bao Dai, the French-backed emperor, was deposed in a referendum by the US-supported Ngo Dinh Diem in late 1955. Diem, a Catholic in a predominantly Buddhist country, was a committed anti-communist.

an oath is or shall be required by law, which affirmation shall be of the same force and effect as if he had taken the oath; and if any person making such affirmation shall wilfully, falsely and corruptly affirm any matter or thing which, if deposed ...

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