Deodand

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  • n. An object forfeited by the state (and supposedly given to God) because it had caused the death of a person
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A personal chattel which had caused the death of a person, and for that reason was given to God, that is, forfeited to the crown, to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Formerly, in Eng. law. from the earliest times, a personal chattel which had been the immediate occasion of the death of a rational creature, and for that reason given to God—that is, forfeited to the king to be applied to pious uses and distributed in alms by his high almoner.
    • Word Usage
    "Punishing or forfeiting the thing or animal that had done wrong was an old English institution, called deodand."
     
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