The influence of princes upon the dispositions of their courts needs not the deposition of their examples, since it hath the authority of a known principle.
W. Montagu.
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3. The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
A deposition differs from an abdication, an abdication being voluntary, and a deposition compulsory.
4. That which is deposited; matter laid or thrown down; sediment; alluvial matter; as, banks are sometimes depositions of alluvial matter.