deodand

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Определение deodand в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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

{n} a forfeiture in law made to GOD

Thus, if a cart ran over a man and killed him, it was forfeited as a deodand

{i} animal or object which caused the death of a human being and as a result was given to the crown and put to charitable use (according to an English law which was abolished in 1846)

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

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