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DEODAND, English law. This word is derived from Deo dandum, to be given to God; and is used to designate the instrument, whether it be an animal or inanimate thing, which has caused the death of a man. 3 Inst. 57; Hawk. bk. 1, c. 8.
2. The deodand is forfeited to the king, and was formerly applied to pious uses. But the presentment of a deodand by a grand jury, under their general charge from the judge of assize, is void. 1 Burr. Rep. 17.

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forfeiture			4) He explains that the legal fiction surrounding civil forfeiture originated with the law of the deodand, which held that an inanimate object that caused a death was tainted and therefore must be forfeited to the king (pp. A License to Steal: The Forfeiture of Property by Hakala, Leslie A. / Yale Law Journal Alschuler, Introduction Comment, Ancient Law and the Punishment of Corporations: Of Frankpledge and Deodand, 71 B. In defense of corporate criminal liability by Friedman, Lawrence / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy			denude denunciate denunciation denunciatory denuntiatio denuntiatio testimonii denuo deny deny absolutely deny access deny any knowledge of deny connection with deny emphatically deny entirely deny entry deny flatly deny oneself nothing deny peremptorily deny permission deny respect deny responsibility for deny the genuineness of deny the possibility deny wholly denying Deodand deontology depart depart custody depart from depart from life depart unlawfully departed departed this life departing departing from departing from the usual course department department of justice Department of state Department of the navy Department of the treasury of the united states Department of war department store departmentalization departure departure from life departure from usage departure from usual dépêche depend			Denyingly Denys Denys Denys Dyachuk Victorovich Denyse Schmidt Quilt-Along DENZO DEO Deo Dedit Deo Gloria Family Church Deo Gratias Deo optimo maximo Deo Vindice Deo Vindice Deo volente Deo volente DEO1 DEOA DEOAE DEOB Deobstruct Deobstruent DEOC deoch-an-doruis Deocide DEOCS DEOCSA DEOD Deodand deodar deodar deodar cedar deodara deodara deodars deodars Deodate DEODC Deoderant Deoderant Deoderant Deodhar deodorant deodorant deodorant deodorant Deodorants Deodorants Deodorants deodorants in mouthwash deodorants in mouthwash deodorants in mouthwash deodorisation deodorisation deodorise deodorise deodorised deodorised Deodoriser

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