deodand
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Definition of deodand
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)An object forfeited to the state (and supposedly to God) because it had caused the death of a person.
“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.”
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noun
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(historical)An object forfeited to the state (and supposedly to God) because it had caused the death of a person.
“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.”
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(historical)A fine equal to the value of this object, paid by the owner of the object.
“pay the deodand”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman deodande, from Latin deodandum, from Deo dandum (“to be given to God”).
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