Deodand
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
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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