ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEODAND
From Anglo-French deodande, from Medieval Latin deōdandum, from Latin Deō dandum (something) to be given to God, from deus god + dare to give.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEODAND»
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deodand in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
deodand and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tales of the Dying Earth: Including 'The Dying Earth,' 'The ...
It was a Deodand, formed and featured like a handsome man, finely muscled, but
with a dead black lusterless skin and long slit eyes. "Ah, Mazirian, you roam the
woods far from home," the black thing's soft voice rose through the glade.
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The Law-dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress and ...
DEODAND. D EP DEODAND, Deo dandum.~\ By this is meant whatever
personal chattel is the immediate occasion of the death of any reasonable
creature: which is forfeited to the King to be applied to pious uses, and distributed
in alms by ...
Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1820
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A License to Steal: The Forfeiture of Property
Similarly, another Virginia coroner's jury, in Charles City County in 1664, ordered
that a horse or its value be forfeited as a deodand to the governor for the use of
the crown, after the rider of the horse fell to his death. In 1680 in New York, the ...
Leonard Williams Levy, 1996
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Report of cases argued and determined in the English courts ...
at this stage.] The deodand may be taken. Blackstone, in the passage 'cited,
clearly considered that a deodand could he taken though the _822 death was by
felony; for he speaks of an indictment. So in Jervis [ on the Ofiice, &c., of Coroners
, ...
5
By Birth Or Consent: Children, Law, and the Anglo-American ...
The chair was forfeit as deodand. It was six-month-old Susan's misadventure,
and the responsibility for her death lay only with herself and with the chair. “
Edward Flemyng, being a child, was drownid in water by his owne default.” The
question ...
6
The Mechanic and Chemist
This law of deodand is of very ancient origin : it appears, that in the olden time, —
deservedly called the a»e of darkness — all things or animals which caused the
death of a human being, were forfeited Deo dandum, for a gift to God. The real ...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
Cowling had obtained a rule nisi to quash this inquisition or so much thereof as
related to the deodand, on the grounds that the inquisition ought to have been
taken in Staffordshire, and that as it was found the death had been occasioned by
...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Sir Erskine Perry, Sir Henry Davidson, 1841
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Kenny's Outlines of Criminal Law
was a relic of this prehistoric notion; the deodand was any inanimate instrument
by which the killing had been effected. In the Anglo-Saxon era it was called brana
, the slayer,I and it was handed over to the family of the man killed in order that ...
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Mazirian the Magician: (previously titled The Dying Earth)
It was a Deodand, formed and featured like a handsome man, finely muscled, but
with a dead black lusterless skin and long slit eyes. “Ah, Mazirian, you roam the
woods far from home,” the black thing's soft voice rose through the glade.
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Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of ...
With regard to the second point : supposing the inquisition erroneous as to the
deodand, yet, if it be not wrong throughout, it cannot be quashed. But the
objection is unfounded. Even in the case of murder, an indictment states the
value of the ...
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, John Leycester Adolphus, 1841
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEODAND»
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deodand is used in the context of the following news items.
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Barry Andersson built his own video and film direction company, Deodand Entertainment, and saved for retirement by acquiring a rental ... «Newsmax, Jun 15»
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It's a problem that Wharton deftly gets around by invoking archaic legal concepts (such as the medieval English deodand) that suppress ... «Times Higher Education, May 15»
Why a medieval law could impact on internet privacy
Crawford used her appearance at the April 2015 Theorizing the Web conference in New York to discuss “deodand.” This is a concept dating ... «Purecontent, May 15»
A Medieval law could stop the internet from ruining your life
Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford reckons that the answer could lie in an obscure legal concept called the 'deodand'. In medieval England, a ... «TechRadar, May 15»
Could ancient laws help us sue the internet?
There are no clear answers to these questions, which is why Crawford wants to resurrect the deodand, an obscure legal term from the 11th ... «New Scientist, May 15»
Blackstone: Of Subordinate Magistrates
... which are forfeited thereby: but, whether it be murder or not, he must inquire whether any deodand has accrued to the king, or the lord of the ... «The Moral Liberal, Apr 15»
America's Frightening "Policing for Profit" Nightmare
Grounded in the “deodand” theories of the Middle Ages, when the “goring ox” was subject to forfeiture because it was “guilty,” this practice first ... «The National Interest Online, Jan 15»
Are Madrassas to blame?
... 'Munazarrats' between the two and Ahmad Raza Khan, was well known for his constant refutations of the Deodand, Ahle-Hadith and Shia. «The Nation, Dec 14»
Intent unknown
... body was refused proper burial, and the Crown confiscated the deceased's “goods and chattels”, including the value of the “deodand”, or death-causing object ... «The Monthly, Aug 14»
Hitler's Toilet Is in New Jersey
English common law long maintained the idea that an object could be deodand. If an instrument was used to murder someone—even if it ... «The Atlantic, Jan 14»
