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deposit in court.The placing  of  money  or other property that represents a person’s  potential liability  in  the  court’s  temporary  custody,  pending  the  outcome  of  a  lawsuit.  —  Also  termed deposit into the registry of the court. [Cases: Deposits in Court    1. C.J.S. Deposits in Court §§ 1, 4–7.] [Blacks Law 8th]

deposit contract.See CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

deposit company.See COMPANY. [Blacks Law 8th]

deposit box.See SAFE-DEPOSIT BOX.[Blacks Law 8th]

depositary bank.See BANK. [Blacks Law 8th]

depositary. 1. A person or institution that one leaves money or valuables with for safekeeping <a title-insurance officer is the depositary of the funds>. • When a depositary is a company, it is often  termed  a  safe-deposit  company.  Cf.  DEPOSITORY.  [Cases:  Deposits  and  Escrows    13. C.J.S. Depositaries §§ 15–17; Escrows§§ 8–10.] 2. A gratuitous bailee.…

deposit account.See ACCOUNT. [Blacks Law 8th]

deposit,n.1. The act of giving money or other property to another who promises to preserve it or  to  use  it  and  return  it  in  kind;  esp.,  the  act  of  placing  money  in  a  bank  for  safety  and convenience. [Cases: Banks and Banking    119–155. C.J.S. Banks and Banking §§ 193, 246, 248, 266–314, 316, 320–322, 326–381,…

depose (di-pohz), vb.1. To examine (a witness) in a deposition <the defendant’s attorney will depose  the  plaintiff  on   Tuesday>.  [Cases:  Federal  Civil  Procedure    1311–1456;  Pretrial Procedure    91–227.C.J.S.  Discovery  §§  2,  4,  6–7,  9–10,  12–32,  34–61,  69,  77,  125;  Pretrial Procedure§§  4–6,  10–17,  24,  33,  35–54,  63–66,  70–72,  74,  76–77,  109–129,  132–138.]  2.  To testify;  to …

deportation (dee-por-tay-sh<<schwa>>n), n. The act or an instance of removing a person to another country; esp., the expulsion or transfer of an alien from a country. [Cases: Aliens    52.] — deport,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]