Crossword-Solution: DEODAND
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Deodand | n. | 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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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DEODAND | anagram | ADDEDON |
We have 2 clues for the answer “DEODAND”
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| FORFEIT to God | 1 answer |
| forfeiture | 68 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with DEODAND (5)
This is not meant to disapprove Your judgment in your choice of love; 100 Which is so wise, the greatest part Of mankind study 't as an art; For love shou'd, like a deodand, Still fall to th' owner of the land; And where there's substance for its ground, 105 Cannot but be more firm and sound Than that which has the slightest basis Of airy virtue, wit, and graces; Which is of such thin subtlety, It steals and creeps in at the eye, 110 And, as it can't endure to stay, Steals out again as nice a way.
Any inanimate or animate object or personal chattel which was found by a court to be the immediate cause of death was forfeited as "deodand", for instance, a tree from which a man fell to his death, a beast which killed a man, a sword of a third party not the slayer that was used to kill a man.
The deodand was to go to the dead man's kin so they could wreak their vengeance on it, which in turn would cause the dead man to lie in peace.
Sometimes the justices named the charitable purpose for which the deodand was to be spent, such as the price of a boat to go to the repair of a bridge.
Newstead Abbey or Priory was founded by Henry II., by way of deodand or expiation for the murder of Thomas Becket.