deponent
Sworn statement giver
A deponent is a person who gives testimony under oath, typically in a written statement or during a deposition—the pretrial phase of legal proceedings where witnesses answer questions outside the courtroom: The deponent stated she had never met the defendant.
In grammar, a deponent verb is one that has passive form but active meaning, a feature of Latin and Greek that English lacks.
Action-expressing word
- passiveNot actively participating
- activeIn operation now
- voiceSound from throat
- conjugationVerb form variation system
inflection · morphology · Latin · Greek · middle · participle · tense · mood
verb
Action-expressing word
conjugation · inflection · morphology · Latin · Greek · middle · participle · tense · mood · indicative
sworn
Bound by formal promise
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- affidavitSworn written statement
- statementExpressed claim or fact
oath · witness · attest · notarized · perjury · cross-examination · subpoena · courtroom · litigation · plaintiff
- witnesseseyewitness, expert witness, character witness, defense witness, material witness
- court rolesjudge, juror, plaintiff, defendant, prosecutor
- truth revealerstruth teller, straight shooter, straight talker, eyewitness, informant
- Latin verbssum, est, audio, lego, video
- Deposition Termssworn statement, testimony, witness, transcript, cross-examination
- Greek grammarverb conjugation, verb tenses, conjugation, declension, conjugations
deponentquestioner
One who poses inquiries
interrogator · examiner · cross-examiner · inquisitor · interviewer