Deposition /(?)/

Dep·o·si·tion

Deposition

n.
  1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
    The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles.
    — H. Miller.
  2. The act of bringing before the mind; presentation.
    The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle.
    — W. Montagu.
  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 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. (Law)