deposition

declaración jurada, deposición

Respuestas a preguntas dadas bajo juramento fuera del tribunal, o su registro escrito.

En inglés sencillo: Questions and answers given under a promise to tell the truth outside court, or their written record.

• She gave a deposition yesterday.
• The lawyer read the deposition before the trial.
• Both witnesses answered questions during their depositions.

Sinónimos: sworn testimony

Expresiones frecuentes: give a deposition, take a deposition, deposition transcript

declaración jurada

Declaración presentada como prueba bajo juramento de decir la verdad.

En inglés sencillo: A statement given as evidence under a formal promise to tell the truth.

• The witness signed her deposition.
• His deposition described what happened that night.
• The judge compared the two depositions for differences.

Sinónimos: sworn statement, testimony

Expresiones frecuentes: sworn deposition, signed deposition, witness deposition

destitución, deposición

Acción de quitar a un gobernante o funcionario de su cargo y poder.

En inglés sencillo: The act of removing a ruler or official from their position of power.

• The king faced deposition.
• Her deposition followed months of political unrest.
• The army demanded the president’s deposition.

Cómo se usa: deposition of someone (The deposition of the king ended the old political order.)

Sinónimos: removal, ousting

Expresiones frecuentes: deposition of someone, deposition of rulers, forced deposition

sublimación inversa, deposición

Cambio de un gas directamente a sólido, sin pasar por el estado líquido.

En inglés sencillo: The change of a gas directly into a solid without first becoming liquid.

• Frost can form through deposition.
• Deposition changes a gas directly into a solid.
• The students observed deposition on the cold glass surface.

Sinónimos: desublimation

Antónimos: sublimation

Expresiones frecuentes: deposition of vapour, deposition process, direct deposition