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What is a deodand?

What is a deodand? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (obsolete, law) An object forfeited by the state (and supposedly given to God) because it had caused the death of a person
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The old law of deodand was an expression of this feeling of resentment against inanimate objects even.
The bound volume was forfeited as a deodand, but not claimed.

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