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deposit 1 : to place for safekeeping or as security [may the property with the court] ;esp : to put in a bank account 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to place (movable property) under a deposit [the depository can not make use of the thing ed "Louisiana Civil Code"] de·pos·i·tor [di-pÄ -zə-tər] n n 1 : the state of being deposited (as in an account) [holding the property on ] compare escrow, trust 2 : something placed for safekeeping: as a : money deposited in a bank esp. to one's credit demand deposit : a bank deposit that can be withdrawn without prior notice general deposit : a deposit of money in a bank that is to the credit of the depositor thereby giving the depositor the right to money and creating a debtor-creditor relationship special deposit : a deposit that is made for a specific purpose, that is to be returned to the depositor, and that creates a bailment or trust time deposit : a bank deposit that can be withdrawn only after a...
Deposit
Deposit, money paid to a person as an earnest or security for the performance of some contract, especially a contract for the sale of real estate. Also a naked bailment of goods to be kept for the bailor without recompense, and to be returned when the bailor shall require it. The appellation and the definition are both derived from the civil law. Depositum est quod custodiendum alicui datum est. It is, in the civil law, divisible into two kinds: (1) necessary, made upon some sudden emergency, and from some pressing necessity; as, for instance, in case of a fire, a shipwreck, or other overwhelming calamity, when property is confided to any person whom the depositor may meet without proper opportunity for reflection or choice, and thence it is called miserabile depositum; (2) voluntary, which arises from the mere consent and agreement of the parties. the Common Law has made no such division. There is another class of deposits, called involuntary, which may be without the assent or even k...
Deposition
Deposition: (1) Depriving of a dignity, etc. (2) The act of giving public testimony, technically, the evidence put down in writing by way of answer to questions. It is an incontrovertible rule at Common Law, that when the witness himself can be produced, his deposition may not be read, for it is not the best evidence. But it may be read not only where it appears that the witness is actually dead, but in all cases where he is dead for all purposes of evidence: as where diligent search has been made for the witness and he cannot be found; where he resides in a place beyond the jurisdiction of the Court; or where he has become lunatic. See now, however, R. S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., rr. 1, 5; and EVIDENCE; PERPETUATE TESTIMONY, BILLS TO.As to deposition in criminal proceedings (in connec-tion with which the term is most commonly used), see especially the (English) Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 42), s. 17, and the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c....
Deposite base (authorised institution)
Deposite base (authorised institution), Deposit base of an institution in relation to any contribution is the amount which the Board determines as representing the average, over such period proceeding the levying of the contribution as appears to be appropriate of sterling deposits with the United Kingdom offices of that institution other than (1) secured deposits; (2) deposits which had an original term to maturity of more that five years; and (3) deposits in respect of which the institution has in the United Kingdom issued a sterling certificate of deposit, Banking Act 1987, s. 52(4) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 109, p. 92....
deposition
deposition [Late Latin depositio testimony, from Latin, act of depositing, from deponere to put down, deposit] 1 a : a statement that is made under oath by a party or witness (as an expert) in response to oral examination or written questions and that is recorded by an authorized officer (as a court reporter) ;broadly : affidavit b : the certified document recording such a statement compare interrogatory 2 : the hearing at which a deposition is made [order that the testimony at a be recorded by other than stenographic means "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 38(b)"] NOTE: A deposition can be used as a method of discovery, to preserve the testimony of a witness who is likely to become unavailable for trial, or for impeachment of testimony at trial. Depositions are distinguished from affidavits by the requirement that notice and an opportunity to cross-examine the deponent must be given to the other party. ...
Compulsory deposite
Compulsory deposite, 'Compulsory deposit means a subscription to, or deposit in a Provident Fund which under the rules of the Fund, is not until the happening of some specified contingency repayable on demand otherwise than for the purpose of the payment of premia in respect of a policy of life insurance (or the payment of subscriptions or premia in respect of a family pension fund), and includes any contribution and any interest or increment which has accrued under the rules of the fund on any such subscription, deposit, contribution, and also any such subscription, deposit, contribution interest or increment remaining to the credit of the subscriber or depositor after the happening of any such contingency', Union of India v. Hira Devi, AIR 1952 SC 227 (228): (1952) SCR 765. [The Provident Funds Act XIX of 1925, s. 2 (a)]...
Bank Deposit Rate
Bank Deposit Rate, 'bank deposit rate' means the highest of the maximum rates at which interest may be paid on different classes of deposits (other than those maintained in savings account or those maintained by charitable or religious institutions) by different classes of scheduled banks in accordance with the directions given or issued to banking companies generally by the Reserve Bank of India under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; (10 of 1949). [Additional Emoluments (Compulsory Deposit) Act, 1974 (37 of 1974) s. 2 (d)]...
Deposit account
Deposit account, an account of sums lodged with a bank and acknowledged to be so lodged by a 'deposit receipt' given by the banker to the depositor, not to be drawn upon by cheques, and usually not to be withdrawn except after a fixed notice, but bearing interest either at some fixed rate, or very often at 1 per cent. less than the Bank of England rate, and therefore at a rate varying from time to time. The depositor is only a creditor of the bank for the amount of deposit and interest (if any). See BANK.As to the power of an incorporated building society to receive money on deposit, see (English) Building Societies Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 42), s. 15; Building Societies Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 47), ss. 14 and 15....
Deposit-taking business
Deposit-taking business, a business is a deposit-taking business of the purposes of the Banking Act, 1987 if (1) in the course of the business money received by way of deposit is lent to others, or (2) any other activity of the business is financed, wholly or to any material extent, out of the capital of or the interest on money received by way of deposit, Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 25, p. 22....
Insured deposit
Insured deposit, 'insured deposit' means the deposit or any portion thereof the repayment whereof is insured by the corporation under the provisions of this Act. [Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961 (47 of 1961), s. 2(j)]...
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