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DEPOSITARY
The party receiving a deposit; one with whom anything is lodged in trust, as "depository" is the place where it is put The obligation on the part of the depositary is that he keep the thing with reasonable care, and, upon request, restore it to the* depositor, or otherwise deliver More...

The party receiving a deposit; one with whom anything is lodged in trust, as "depository" is the place where it is put The obligation on the part of the depositary is that he keep the thing with reasonable care, and, upon request, restore it to the* depositor, or otherwise deliver it, according to the original trust. Less...
DEPOSITATION
In Scotch law. Deposit or depositum, the species of bailment so called. Bell.

In Scotch law. Deposit or depositum, the species of bailment so called. Bell. Less...
DEPOSITION
The testimony of a witness taken upon interrogatories, not in open court, but in pursuance of a commission to take testimony issued by a court, or under a general law on the subject, and reduced to writing and duly authenticated, and Intended to be used upon the trial of an More...

The testimony of a witness taken upon interrogatories, not in open court, but in pursuance of a commission to take testimony issued by a court, or under a general law on the subject, and reduced to writing and duly authenticated, and Intended to be used upon the trial of an action in court. Lutcher v. U. S., 72 Fed. 972, 19 C. ft A. 259; Indianapolis Water Co. v. American Strawboard Co. (C. C.) 65 Fed. 535. A deposition is a written declaration under oath, made upon notice to the adverse party for the purpose of enabling him to attend and cross-examine; or upon written interrogatories. Code Civ. Proc. Cal. f 2004; Code Civ. Proc. Dak. $ 465. A deposition is evidence given by a witness ' under interrogatories, oral or written, and usually written down by an official person. In its generic sense, it embraces all written evidence verified by oath, and includes affidavits; but, in legal language, a distinction is maintained between depositions and affidavits. Stimpson v. Brooks, 3 Blatchf. 456, Fed. Cas. No. 13,454; The term sometimes is used in a special sense to denote a statement made orally by a person on oath before an examiner, commissioner, or officer of the court, (but not in open court) and taken down in writing by the1 examiner or under his direction. Sweet: In ecclesiastical law. The act of depriving a clergyman, by a competent tribunal; of his clerical orders, to punish him for some offense and to prevent his acting in future in his clerical character. Ayl. Par. 206, Less...
DEPOSITO
In Spanish law* Deposit; the species of bailment so called. Schm. Civil Law, 193.

In Spanish law* Deposit; the species of bailment so called. Schm. Civil Law, 193. Less...
DEPOSITOR
One who makes a deposit.

One who makes a deposit. Less...
DEPOSITORY
The place where a deposit (q. v.) is placed and kept. United States depositories. Banks selected and designated to receive deposits of the public funds of the United States are so called.

The place where a deposit (q. v.) is placed and kept. United States depositories. Banks selected and designated to receive deposits of the public funds of the United States are so called. Less...
DEPOSITUM
Lat. In the civil law. One of the forms of the contract of bailment being a naked bailment of good's to be kept for the use of the bailor without reward. Foster v. Essex Bank, 17 Mass. 498j 9 Ani.Dec. 168; Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. "912 See DEPOSIT. More...

Lat. In the civil law. One of the forms of the contract of bailment being a naked bailment of good's to be kept for the use of the bailor without reward. Foster v. Essex Bank, 17 Mass. 498j 9 Ani.Dec. 168; Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. "912 See DEPOSIT. - One of the four real contracts specified by Justinian, and having the following characteristics: (1) The depositary or depositee is hot liable for negligence, however extreme, but only for fraud, dolus; (2) the property remains in the depositor, the depositary having, only the, possession. Precarium and sequestre were, two varieties of the depositum. Less...
DEPOT
In French law. The depositum of the Roman and the deposit of the English law. It. is of two kinds, being either (1) de'pot simply so called, and which may be either voluntary or necessary, and (2) sequestre, which is a deposit made either under an agreement of the parties, More...

In French law. The depositum of the Roman and the deposit of the English law. It. is of two kinds, being either (1) de'pot simply so called, and which may be either voluntary or necessary, and (2) sequestre, which is a deposit made either under an agreement of the parties, and to abide the event of pending litigation regarding it, or by virtue of the direction of the court or a judge, pending litigation regarding it Brown; Civ, Code La. 2897. In American law. (1) A railroad freight or passenger station; a place on the line of a railroad where passengers may enter and leave the trains and where freight is deposited for delivery; but more properly, only a place where the carrier is accustomed to receive merchandise, deposit it, and keep it ready for transportation or delivery. Maghee v. Transportation Co., 45 N. Y. 520, 6 Am. Rep. 124; Hill v. Railroad Co. (Tex. Civ. App.) 75 S. W. 876; Karnes v. Drake, 103 Ky. 134, 44 S. W. 444; Railroad Co. v. Smith, 71 Ark. 189, 71 S. W. 947; State v. New Haven & N. Co., 37 Conn. 163. (2) A place where military stores or supplies are kept or troops assembled. U. S. v. Caldwell, 19 Wall. 268, 22 L. Ed. 114. ' Less...
DEPRAVE
To defame; vilify; exhibit contempt for. In England it is a criminal offense to "deprave" the Lord's supper or the Book of Common Prayer. Steph. Crim. Dig. 99.

To defame; vilify; exhibit contempt for. In England it is a criminal offense to "deprave" the Lord's supper or the Book of Common Prayer. Steph. Crim. Dig. 99. Less...
DEPREDATION
In French law. Pillage, waste, or spoliation of goods, particularly of the estate of a decedent.

In French law. Pillage, waste, or spoliation of goods, particularly of the estate of a decedent. Less...

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