DEPOSE

In practice, In ancient US· ag~, to testify u a witµe ; to give evidence under oath. In:moder:a. usage. To make a deposi•, tlon; to give evidence in the shape of a deposi.tion; to make statements which are writ· ten down and sworn to'; to give testimony which is reduced to writing by a duly-quali• fled officer and sworn to by the deponent., To deprive an individual of a public em• ployment or office against his will. Wolffius, Inst. § 1063. The term is usually applied to the deprivation of all authority of a sov.; 1 ereign. [s. 362]