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noun

Deponent n.

(Law) One who deposes or testifies under oath; one who gives evidence; usually, one who testifies in writing.

(Gr. & Lat. Gram.) A deponent verb.

Synonyms: Deponent, Affiant. These are legal terms describing a person who makes a written declaration under oath, with a view to establish certain facts. An affiant is one who makes an affidavit, or declaration under oath, in order to establish the truth of what he says. A deponenet is one who makes a deposition, or gives written testimony under oath, to be used in the trial of some case before a court of justice. See under Deposition.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Deponent" Quotes from Famous Books

... trial), or who are infirm or sick, may be secured by previously taking it down out of court in the form of a written deposition, under oath, before a magistrate. In such case the adverse party must have such notice as to enable him to be present and cross-examine the deponent, or to file written cross-interrogatories. Depositions are received in the same manner and subject to the same objections as oral testimony. In cases in equity a considerable part of the testimony is generally presented in written form, ...

— The American Judiciary • Simeon E. Baldwin, LLD

... retreated, with the remainder of the prisoners, down the yard, the soldiers following and firing on the prisoners; after I had got into No. 3 prison, I heard two vollies fired into the prison, that killed one man and wounded another—and further the deponent ...

— A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. • Benjamin Waterhouse

... Hyde, of the town of Warren, being duly sworn, saith, that on the sixteenth day of October in the year 1799, he this deponent, did see James Cochran make an assault upon one William Cooper in the public highway. That the said William Cooper defended himself, and in the struggle Mr. Cochran, in a submissive manner, requested of Judge Cooper to let ...

— The Story of Cooperstown • Ralph Birdsall

... 1905, carefully drafted enquiry forms were sent out to all members of the Society except unmarried women, so arranged as to allow exact answers to be given to the questions without disclosure of the name or handwriting of the deponent. Of the 634 posted 460 were returned or accounted for, and only two members signified objection to the enquiry. After deduction of bachelors and others not relevant, we obtained particulars of 316 marriages. I prepared ...

— The History of the Fabian Society • Edward R. Pease

Words linked to "Deponent" : testifier, informant, witnesser, witness, depone, deposer