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  Word: Deodand

  ID	Word	Wordtype	Definition
  41112	Deodand	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.

  
  

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