Usually means: Item forfeited for causing death.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. deodand: Merriam-Webster
  2. deodand: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deodand: Wordnik
  4. deodand: Wiktionary
  5. deodand: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. deodand: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Deodand, deodand: Dictionary.com
  8. deodand: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Deodand (fictional creature), Deodand: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Deodand: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. deodand: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Deodand: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. deodand: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. deodand: FreeDictionary.org
  15. deodand: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Deodand: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (deodand)

noun:  (historical, law) An object forfeited to the state (and supposedly to God) because it had caused the death of a person.
noun:  (historical, law) A fine equal to the value of this object, paid by the owner of the object.

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