deposition

déposition sous serment

Réponses données sous serment à des questions hors du tribunal, ou leur compte rendu écrit.

En anglais simple : Questions and answers given under a promise to tell the truth outside court, or their written record.

• She gave a deposition yesterday.
• The lawyer read the deposition before the trial.
• Both witnesses answered questions during their depositions.

Synonymes : sworn testimony

Expressions courantes : give a deposition, take a deposition, deposition transcript

déposition, témoignage sous serment

Déclaration donnée comme preuve après avoir officiellement promis de dire la vérité.

En anglais simple : A statement given as evidence under a formal promise to tell the truth.

• The witness signed her deposition.
• His deposition described what happened that night.
• The judge compared the two depositions for differences.

Synonymes : sworn statement, testimony

Expressions courantes : sworn deposition, signed deposition, witness deposition

destitution, déposition

Action de retirer à un dirigeant ou à un responsable sa fonction et son pouvoir.

En anglais simple : The act of removing a ruler or official from their position of power.

• The king faced deposition.
• Her deposition followed months of political unrest.
• The army demanded the president’s deposition.

Comment l'utiliser : deposition of someone (The deposition of the king ended the old political order.)

Synonymes : removal, ousting

Expressions courantes : deposition of someone, deposition of rulers, forced deposition

condensation solide, sublimation inverse

Passage direct d’un gaz à l’état solide, sans devenir liquide.

En anglais simple : The change of a gas directly into a solid without first becoming liquid.

• Frost can form through deposition.
• Deposition changes a gas directly into a solid.
• The students observed deposition on the cold glass surface.

Synonymes : desublimation

Contraires : sublimation

Expressions courantes : deposition of vapour, deposition process, direct deposition