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if it be proved on oath that the informer is dead, or 
mu at tne te) 
are the fame dae were an et the coroner or jultice, 
without any alteration. (2 ag Depofitions 
taken before a coroner cann in evidence upon 
an appeal for the fam ; Pee ne is a Cifferent pro» 
fecution from that in aie they were taken :——and it has 
been acjudzed, that the evidence given by a -— at one 
ot, i ordinary cui. of juftice, be mad 
ufe of againtt a ail. on the death of fuch ane at 
another trial. (2H. P.C.) The rid igure . pines 
a ad, and of fuel; 3 are aged or going a ne effe, 
o be read in pele ide if the trial could be rp fee cll atter 
re ir dea r de eae are now foe effeted by 
susens eae in trials at common law Glee are 
open candid ; and this cay be done indirelly any 
time, ei the channel of a cout of sek When the 
caufe 7 action anaes in India, and a fuit is brought upon 
it in any of the courts of Weftmintter, cat rt may iffue 
a commiffion to examine lh aes ie d eral 
mit - hea eta to Eng 
10Nn is alfo ofed ie a Garenic. or pate 
ing a pefon n of his digrity and office 
is depofition only differs from abdication, in that 
latter is fuppofed voluntary, and the i the di een 
a officer IimfelF 3 and the former he pale being 
he a@t of afuperior power, whofe a chong extends thereto. 
Recah ngly, fome fay the depofition, and fome thé abdi- 
cation of king Jam meet 
epofition does not differ from deprivation : 
ferently, adepofed, or deprived bifhop, officia 
Deprivati ian, 
Depofition differs from fufpenfion, in hae it abfolutely 
and for ever ftrips or divefts a prieft, all dignity, 
office, Kc. —— fufpenfion ‘only pconbis or reitrains, 
the exercife thereof. 
Depofition ony differs from degradation, i in that the lat. 
we fay indif- 
1, &c. See 
ter is more for and attended w cumitances, 
than the former; ee tin effet a oe ree are the 
fame; thofe additional circuniftances being only matter of 
fhow, firft fet on foot out of zeal and indignation, mie kept 
up by cuftom, but not warranted by the laws or canons. See 
DEGRADATION 
DEPOT. "This term, when applied to military matters, 
fignifies a bal or referve for sole provifions, &e. alfo 
a ftation for the reception, and training of alah i 
= of plage: cae eas of ammun 
added to the great diltrefs pares to 
icity pee d, the sa hes 
depots fro a the vicinity 0 t points d’apui, (which 
generally town eagle aie or corps de referve pote 
in the moft advantageous manner, ) fhews the abfolute necef- 
fity for hey alee oie ee a rong to pasa them 
felves for fome weeks againft even a very powe erie 
force. The immenfei eae attached to ie fupplies of 
whatever an army may, from time to time, oe in age ef, 
has been long underftood on the contin every 
ftrong hold is a depot, furnifhed cea ic a pened 
extent, and ftrength, with all thofe articles indifpenfible to 
an army taking the field. Some of + 
se caine a gatrifon of 30,000 men for a whole 
fides providing arms, gear ae and camp e 
an army of double that nu he great arfenal a 
was of this clafs, but was nee exhaulted at the time of its 
furrender, when general Mack fo iguominoufly lok the 
flower of the Auftrian army. 
DEP 
72 ig —_ be built in a pecaliar manner: that-is, 
nan immenfe pile of bomb. proof ibe 
as of oo requirin 
io ae be the furfac CE ¢ waieey area $ ate round: -floor fhould 
the wa is an 
d e 
e the principal, or’body of the place, fhould be cafemated 
r the accommodation of troops, and pierced a per- 
ae afked) for the reception of hea he 
whole ‘of the outworks fhould be of the belt ee and 
on the moft compat fyftem of defence. 
Ten fuch depots, hig aaa _ ee a — 
of fupplying ttores, oe to ana o 60,000 m 
= de manding not than sooo for their defence, eae 
Id give a aol eur aee acceflion of 
e moment o doubtful 
with ‘conbdence. At. prefent 
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difeomfited eee ts aly, or ridillant ones to afford hen 
elief. 
ats a dames from deprecor, f intreat, in Rhetoric, 
a figure ipa aie ins the aid or affittance of. 
fome one; or fon evil or puniihment to 
ae ee oe. pe fall’ pee himfelf or bis ad-: 
DEPRECATORY, or DepReCATIVE, in Theology, 2 
ale applied to the manner ot es fome ceremonies 
n the = of prayer 
Am the ke ene fnvrny 
G FROCK 2, 
being pea in thefe pehe "ie 2 : arin you : f ee 
as inthe Latin, and even in of the reformed churches, 
it is in the declarative form, [ P abfoboe you. 
DEPRESSED Lear, in Botany. e Lea 
DEPRESSION of Equation, in Aira See Egan 
DepRESssION cas the pce ‘So = 
ceeds go°, vs ey above that quantity, or its angular dif. 
tance from t orizon, is auiled the deprefflion 
In nauti cal olan tions it is nece lie ry to kn w 
de- 
‘preffion or dip of the fea, to correét the apparent altitude of 
an obferved obje 
n trigonometrical furveys it is by means of the ob- 
pana oie that the height of one ftation above the 
level of the other is si ang likewife the quantity of 
the eet refra 
The method of pas Mere thefe depreflions is founded on 
this theorem. um of the de Lest of two objects, 
as {een reciprocally from each ache aa to the arc they 
ter n the furface of the . 
Le PI. J Aftronomy, j 
aan ou unes 
A, BY - 
heir i ereffons elow their refpeCive banons it is 
iat, that fince both the 2 C and the fum of the a ala 
A’BA and B 
’A Bare complements of the angle C to two 
right on. the angleC = 2 A’BA+ 2B AB. ; 
