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deodand

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Definitions

  1. An object forfeited to the state (and supposedly to God) because it had caused the death of a person.

Word origin

From Anglo-Norman deodande, from Latin deodandum, from Deo dandum (“to be given to God”).

Used in a sentence

  • “Really, it’s hard not to wonder whether some current civil forfeiture practices represent much less than a revival of the archaic common-law deodand.”
  • “pay the deodand”

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