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Lat. In the civil law. A kind of banishment, where a condemned person was sent or carried away to some foreign country, usually to an island, (in insulam deportatur,) and thus taken out of the number of Roman citizens. … [Read more...] about DEPORTATIO

The amount of depreciation taken for an asset during an accounting period. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIATED COST

See also removal. civil law. Among the Romans a perpetual banishment, depriving the banished of his rights as a citizen; it differed from relegation and exile.Banishment to a foreign country, attended with confiscation of property and deprivation of civil rights. A punishment derived from the deportatio (q. v.) of the Roman law, and still In use in France. In Roman law. A … [Read more...] about DEPORTATION

The gradual wear and tear or depletion of an asset over time. Typically an accounting term used to provide an operational cost and value over the lifetime of an asset. Also referring to the decline in market value of an asset. … [Read more...] about DEPRECIATION

In practice. In ancient usage, to testify as a witness; to give evidence under oath. In modern usage. To make a deposition ; to give evidence in the shape of a deposition; to make statements which are written down and sworn to; to give testimony which is reduced to writing by a duly-qualified officer and sworn to by the deponent. To deprive an Individual of a public employment … [Read more...] about DEPOSE