All 13 Uses of
deposition
in
The Crucible
- PROCTOR, reaching into his jacket: She has signed a deposition, sir—
Act 3deposition = transcript (written copy) of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
- DANFORTH, instantly: No, no, I accept no depositions.
Act 3depositions = transcripts (written copies) of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
- Now, what deposition do you have for us, Mr. Proctor?
Act 3deposition = transcript (written copy) of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
- GILES: John, my deposition, give him mine.
Act 3
- This is Mr. Corey's deposition.
Act 3
- Hathorne takes the deposition, and walks to the window with it.
Act 3
- GILES, pointing at his deposition: The proof is there! I have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it!
Act 3 *
- This is Mary Warren's deposition.
Act 3
- Proctor starts to hand Danforth the deposition, and Hale comes up to Danforth in a trembling state.
Act 3
- "Her deposition, Mr. Proctor."
Proctor hands it to him.
Act 3
- Mary Warren, how came you to this turnabout? Has Mr. Proctor threatened you for this deposition?
Act 3deposition = 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.
Act 3deposition = 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.
Act 3deposition = testimony consisting of answers to questions asked in preparation for a trial
Definition:
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(deposition as in: gave her deposition) a pretrial questioning of a witness or the resulting transcript