verb
- to testify under oath; to give evidence in a legal proceeding
Usage: legal; formal
Examples
- The witness was called to depone before the court.
- She will depone that she saw the defendant at the scene.
- The lawyer asked him to depone regarding the contract dispute.
- Several experts were required to depone in the case.
- He refused to depone without his attorney present.
- The court ordered all parties to depone within thirty days.