or DEPRIMENS, in Anatomy,** a name applied to several muscles, because they depress the parts they are fastened to.

**DEPRIVATION,** in the common law, the act of bereaving, divesting, or taking away a spiritual promotion or dignity: as when a bishop, vicar, prebend, or the like, is deprived of his preferment, for some matter, or fault, in fact, or in law. See DEPOSITION.