All 13 Uses of
deposition
in
The Crucible
- PROCTOR, reaching into his jacket: She has signed a deposition, sir—
p. 88.6deposition = transcript (written copy) of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
- DANFORTH, instantly: No, no, I accept no depositions.
p. 88.7depositions = transcripts (written copies) of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
- Now, what deposition do you have for us, Mr. Proctor?
p. 93.3deposition = transcript (written copy) of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
- GILES: John, my deposition, give him mine.
p. 95.2
- This is Mr. Corey's deposition.
p. 95.3
- Hathorne takes the deposition, and walks to the window with it.
p. 95.6
- GILES, pointing at his deposition: The proof is there! I have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it!
p. 96.8 *
- This is Mary Warren's deposition.
p. 99.1
- Proctor starts to hand Danforth the deposition, and Hale comes up to Danforth in a trembling state.
p. 99.5
- "Her deposition, Mr. Proctor."
Proctor hands it to him.p. 100.7
- Mary Warren, how came you to this turnabout? Has Mr. Proctor threatened you for this deposition?
p. 101.5deposition = testimony answering questions in preparation for a trial
- Your friend, Mary Warren, has given us a deposition. In which she swears that she never saw familiar spirits, apparitions, nor any manifest of the Devil.
p. 102.4deposition = interview answering questions in preparation for a trial
- It does not escape me that this deposition may be devised to blind us; it may well be that Mary Warren has been conquered by Satan, who sends her here to distract our sacred purpose.
p. 102.7deposition = testimony consisting of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
Definitions:
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(1)
(deposition as in: gave her deposition) a pretrial questioning of a witness or the resulting transcript
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, deposition can refer to something being put somewhere, i.e., deposited somewhere.