The Collaborative International Dictionary
Depositary \De*pos"i*ta*ry\, n.; pl. Depositaries. [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.]
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One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; -- the correlative of depositor.
I . . . made you my guardians, my depositaries.
--Shak.The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people.
--J. S. Mill. A storehouse; a depository.
--Bp. Hurd.(Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense.
--Kent.
Wiktionary
a. Acting as the trusted recipient of a deposit n. 1 One who receives a deposit in trust 2 A place where deposits are kept
Wikipedia
In international law, a depositary is a government or organization to which a multilateral treaty is entrusted. The principal functions of a depositary are codified in Article 77 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Depositary is a 2014 Polish short documentary film.
The film was broadcast by the Polish 24-hour news channel TVN24 and shown at the 27th Polish Film Festival, Chicago and Media Festival “Man in Danger” in Lodz.
Usage examples of "depositary".
And the famous divisions by seven and by twelve, appertaining to the planets and the signs of the zodiac, is everywhere found in the hierarchical order of the Gods, and Angels, and the other Ministers that are the depositaries of that Divine Force which moves and rules the world.
I agreed to sell the shares for her, but it was necessary for me to be constituted depositary and owner of the property by a deed, which was executed the same day before a notary, to whose office we both went.
By making the fair Esther the depositary of my two thousand pounds, I was sure of winning her affection by an appeal, not to her interest, but to her truthfulness.
After dinner, being alone with Madame Querini, I told her all about Alfani, alias Celi, and handed her the fifty sequins of which I was the depositary.
He then wrote in my name a letter to Goudar, informing him that he was the depositary of the ring.
It will also be perceived that the ground on which servants and depositaries have been often likened to each other, namely, that they both hold for the benefit of another and not for themselves, is wholly without influence on our law, which has always treated depositaries as having possession.
In vain the government makes clerks and depositaries of butchers and grocers, allowing them five or ten per cent.
This depositary can only be the judges of the supreme courts of justice, who promulgate the new laws, and revive the obsolete.