depositary (depozitari)

and n. [= F. Sp. Pg. It. deposit a rio , depositor The Liverpool house was the authorized depositary of Confederate funds in Europe. J. R. Soley, Blockade and Cruisers, p. 182. The first apostles alone were the depositaries of the pure and perfect evangel. Swinburne , Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIL. 170. 2. In law, a bailee of personal property, to be kept by him for the bailor without recompense. deposit a tet (dē-poz'i-tāt), a. [ A marble inscription signifying that his corpse is deposit ate within. Woodrow Correspondence, III. 86. depositation (de-poz-i-ta' shon), n. [ depositatio ( n- ), deposit are , deposit: see deposit, de v.] In Scots law , a contract by which something belonging to one person is intrusted to the gratuitous custody of another (called the depositary), to be redelivered on demand. A proper depositation is one where a special subject is de posited, to be restored without alteration. An improper depositation is one where money or other fungibles are deposited, to be returned in kind. Also deposit. depositing-dock (dē-poz'i-ting-dok), n. dock3. See