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Terms from law

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arraign
pro se
depose
surrebuttal
subrogate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(di-POHZ)

MEANING:

verb tr.:	1. To remove from a high office or throne suddenly and forcefully.
	2. To examine under oath.
verb intr.:	To give testimony.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French deposer, from Latin deponere (to testify, to put down), from de- + ponere (to put). Ultimately from the Indo-European root apo- (off or away), which also gave us after, off, awkward, post, puny, repose, pungle, apropos, and apposite. Earliest documented use: 1300.
The word depose is often used in another form, depone; the noun forms are deposer or deponent.

USAGE:

“Even though Mussolini has been deposed, there are Italians who still sympathize with him.”
Mary McGuire; Waiting for Matthew; Xlibris; 2014.

“Attorneys deposed Thomas on Monday morning, one of some three dozen witnesses related to Simon’s suit.”
Eric Zorn; The ‘Innocence Industry’ Fights Back; Chicago Tribune; Jun 7, 2017.

See more usage examples of depose in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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