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Deˊodand
Deˊodand [deodandum, qu.Dandum Deo, i.e.to be devoted to God] a thing as it were forfeited to God, to attone for the violent death of a man by misadventure;
as if a man were killed by the accidental fall of a tree, or run over by a cartwheel;
then the tree or cartwheel, or cart or horses is to be sold, and the money to be
given to the poor.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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