3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent.
Dep`o*si"tion (?), n. [L. depositio, fr. deponere: cf. F. déposition. See Deposit.] 1. The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
The deposition of rough sand and rolled pebbles.
H. Miller.