deposition

Out-of-court testimony

Deposition has two main clusters of meaning.

In law, a deposition is sworn testimony given outside of court, typically recorded for later use at trial: The lawyer took depositions from three witnesses.

The other sense involves removal or settling: the deposition of a king from power, or the deposition of sediment by a river.

In chemistry and physics, deposition is the process by which a gas transforms directly into a solid.

overthrow

dethronement

Removal from sovereign power

abdicationFormal surrender of power
oustingForcible removal from position
unseatingRemoving from a position

removal · coup · usurpation · downfall · impeachment · displacement · exile · banishment · forced · monarch

geological

sediment

Particles settling in liquid

siltWaterborne earth particles
alluviumWater-deposited loose sediment
erosionGradual wearing away

strata · sedimentary · delta · fluvial · marine · glacial · sandstone · limestone · shale · accumulation

legal

testimony

Sworn statement as evidence

affidavitSworn written statement
subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness

sworn · witness · perjury · testify · interrogatories · discovery · plaintiff · defendant · courtroom · litigation

coating

layering

Forming successive strata

stratificationDivision into distinct levels
vaporGaseous form of liquid
thin-filmUltra-shallow material layer

plating · sputtering · substrate · chemical · physical · electrodeposition · precipitation · crystallization · surface · film

deposition

dethronement

sediment

testimony

layering

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