☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Deodand

At common law, a thing that caused a person's death — forfeited to the Crown for pious uses. A horse that killed its rider, a cart that crushed a pedestrian. Abolished in 1846.

Etymology: Latin: 'deo dandum' — to be given to God · Category: English Legal History · Source: Black's Law Dictionary
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