Deodand
Deodand is a term used to describe an object or instrument that had caused a person's death. In medieval Europe it became forfeit to the crown or the church. The word comes from the Latin Deo dandum which means to be given to God.
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Death - Medieval Europe - Latin - God
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The practice of deodand was abolished in 1846 in England.
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There is also a creature called the Deodand which appears repeatedly in Jack Vance's popular Dying Earth series. It is carnivorous, malicious, and sentient, and is described by Vance as "formed and featured like a handsome man, finely muscled, but with a dead black lusterless skin and long slit eyes."
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Jack Vance - Dying Earth
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