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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·o·dand n.  Old Eng. Law 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.
 Note: ☞ Deodands are unknown in American law, and in 1846 were abolished in England.
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