498, 9 Am. Dec. :168; Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. 912,, See DEPosirt. meds ab - One of the four real contracts specified by Justinian, and having the following characteristics: (1) The depositary or depositee is not liable for negligence, however extreme, but only for fraud, dolus; (2) the property remains. ‘in the depositor, the depositary having. only the possession. Precarium and sequestre were. two varieties of the depositum. a a