1theol.deposition, taking down (from the Cross):
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xiiim
)
De la cene e de la deposiciun Jhesu Crist de la croyz
70.1r
2statusdeposition, dethronement:
(
1316
)
le bref s’abati par deposiciun de un Abbé
Ed II xx 97
(
1399
)
a cause de [...] la deposition de mesme le Roy R.
iii 415
(
1400
)
toutz les pointz queux furent cause de sa
(=Richard II’s) deposicione
268.34
3lawdeposition, legal statement, testimony:
(
1366
)
ilz orront les tesmoings et examineront et interrogeront et feront loyaument escripre leurs deposicions
681
(
1377
)
[...] les dites depositions oiez, veues & examinez par les Justices, Serjeantz le Roi [...]
iii 9
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