deodand
/'diәjdænd/
📖 中文释义
- n. [古英国法律]赎罪奉献物
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- 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.