Definition of DEODAND in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEODAND
(L. Lat. Deo dandum, a thing to be given to God.) In English law. Any personal chattel which was the immediate occasion of the death of any reasonable creature, and which was forfeited to the crown to be applied to pious uses, and distributed in alms by the high almoner. 1 Hale, P.C. 419; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 25; 1 Bl.Comm. 300; 2 Steph.Comm. 365. See Parker-Harris Co. v. Tate, 135 Tenn. 509, 188 S.W. 54, L.R.A.1916F, 935.
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