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deodand (c.1292)
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deodand (c.1292)

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deodant,  deodande,  deodaund;  DeuDande,  DieuDande  (deodayn  Rot Parl1 iv 12)  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  deodande  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  deodand n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  deodandus 614a / deodatus 614a

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lawdeodand (possession forfeited to the Crown because it caused the death of a human being): 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  volums ausi qe le vessel et quant qe leynz serra trové soit prisé cum deodande et enroulé par le Corouner  BRITT i 16
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  en cas ou homme moert par cheir [...] est deodand quanqe est cause de la mort, sicom [...] cheval, charette, molleen [...]  Mir Just 31
( 1399 )  issint q’il aveigne qe homme [...] soit mort ou noiez par quele cause, le dit shoute est priz [...] come deodaund  Rot Parl1 iii 444
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