The deponent stated under oath that he had witnessed the accident.
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Deponent
/dɪˈpoʊnənt/
Synonyms for "deponent" (22 found)
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9 entriesGreek deponentGreek deponent verbLatin deponentLatin deponent verbaffiantcourt witnessdeponent affidavitdeponent testimonysworn witness
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11 entriesLatin deponentLatin deponent verbactive meaningcourt deponentdeponent affidavitdeponent testimonydeponent verbdeponent witnesspassive formsworn deponentwitness under oath
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The deponent signed the affidavit under oath.
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The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn, &c., depones he is a Burgess of Hawick, and had the property of a house which he now liferents, the fee being disponed to his son-in-law, Bailie Robert Scot, for the use of his son William, his daughter, Bailie Scot's wife, having paid the price of the house; depones sixty years ago Gilbert Elliot was tenant in Nether Southfield, who broke Hawick Common by plowing a part of it, which the Deponent saw at the Common-Riding when the Magistrates and other persons at the Common-Riding potched the ground he had plowed, and was then sown that he might not reap the crop of this.
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