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deportatio  (dee-por-tay-shee-oh),  n.[fr.  Latin  deportare  “to  carry  away”]  Roman  law. Permanent exile of a condemned criminal involving loss of citizenship and, usu., forfeiture of all property. Cf. RELEGATIO. “Deportatio.  Perpetual  banishment  of  a  person  condemned  for  a  crime.  It  was  the  severest form  of banishment since it included additional penalties, such as seizure of the …

depopulation. 1. A reduction in population. 2.Hist. A species of waste by which the kingdom’s population was diminished. See DEPOPULATIO AGRORUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

depopulatio   agrorum   (dee-pop-yoo-lay-shee-oh   <<schwa>>-gror-<<schwa>>m),   n.[Law Latin “depopulating the county”] Hist. The crime of destroying or ravaging a country. • A person could not claim the benefit of clergy for this crime. [Blacks Law 8th]

deponent  (di-poh-n<<schwa>>nt),  n.1.  One  who  testifies  by  deposition.  2.  A  witness  who gives written testimony for later use in court; AFFIANT. — depone,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

de  ponendo  sigillum  ad  exceptionem  (dee  p<<schwa>>-nen-doh  si-jil-<<schwa>>m  ad ek-sep-shee-oh-n<<schwa>>m),  n.[Law  Latin  “for  putting  a  seal  to  an  exception”]  Hist.  A  writ directing justices of assize to preserve exceptions taken by a party in a case. [Blacks Law 8th]

depone (di-pohn), vb. Scots law. To testify. See DEPOSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

depletion  reserve.Accounting.  A  charge  to  income  reflecting  the  decrease in  the  value  of  a wasting asset, such as an oil reserve. [Blacks Law 8th]

depletion allowance.See ALLOWANCE(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

depletion,n. An emptying, exhausting, or wasting of an asset, esp. of a finite natural resource such as oil. — deplete,vb. — depletive,adj. [Blacks Law 8th]

depletable economic interest.A mineral-land interest subject to depletion by the removal (by drilling or mining) of the mineral that is the subject of the interest. [Blacks Law 8th]