deodand

deodand读音音标

英 [\'dɪəʊdænd]

美 [\'diəˌdænd]

deodand意思解释

n.

赎罪奉献物（古英国法律）；

英英释义

Deodand is a thing forfeited or given to God, specifically, in law, an object or instrument which becomes forfeit because it has caused a person\'s death.\"Deodand\", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911