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depositation Chiefly Sc.|dɪpɒzɪˈteɪʃən| [n. of action f. med.L. dēpositāre to deposit: see -ation.] The action of depositing; a deposit.
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 316 Forbidding any execution, depositation of moneys, or other courses of justice to be done thereupon. 1707Invent. R. Wardr. (1815) 331 (Jam.) The delivery of the Regalia of Scotland by the Earl Marischal, and their depositation in..the castle of Edinburgh. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 288 Depositation is a contract, by which one who has the custody of a thing committed to him (the depositary), is obliged to restore it to the depositor. 1806Forsyth Beauties Scotl. III. 205 A spontaneous depositation of ochre. 1833Act 3–4 Will. IV, c. 46 §82 To deposit the same with the procurator fiscal..who shall..grant a certificate of such depositation. 1847Ld. Cockburn Jrnl. II. 167 No such stream can pass through the soil of a good mind without enriching it by its depositations. 1861[see deposit n. 4]. |