Deposition

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Law

Bankruptcy

An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.

Law

Divorce

The deposition is the part of the discovery in which the opposing party counsel asks you questions with your attorney present.

Law› Intellectual Property

Patent

Testimony of a witness taken under oath, reduced to writing and authenicated.

Science

Water

Material settling out of the water onto the streambed. Occurs when the energy of the flowing water is unable to support the load of suspended sediment. The process of dropping or getting rid of sediments by an erosional agent such as a river or glacier. See sedimentation.

Science› Weather

Climate Change

A process that occurs in subfreezing air when water vapor changes directly to ice without becoming a liquid first.

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