deodand
11deodand — n. animal or object which caused the death of a human being and as a result was given to the crown and put to charitable use (according to an English law which was abolished in 1846) …
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13deodand — /diyadaend/ (L. Lat. Deo dandum, a thing to be given to God.) In English law, any personal chattel which was the immediate occasion of the death of any reasonable creature, and which was forfeited to the crown to be applied to pious uses, and… …
14deodand — /diyadaend/ (L. Lat. Deo dandum, a thing to be given to God.) In English law, any personal chattel which was the immediate occasion of the death of any reasonable creature, and which was forfeited to the crown to be applied to pious uses, and… …
15deodand — Any chattel which caused a person s death, and which was in consequence, under the old common law, forfeited to the crown. Goldsmith Grant Co. v United States, 254 US 505, 65 L Ed 376, 41 S Ct 189. See also Fields v Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 147 …
16deodand — ˈdēəˌdand noun ( s) Etymology: Anglo French deodande, from Medieval Latin deodandum, from Latin Deo dandum that must be given to God : a thing that by English law before 1846 was forfeited to the crown and thence to pious uses because it had been …
17deodand for pious uses — See pious uses …
18Railway accident at Sonning Cutting — The Sonning Cutting railway accident occurred in the early hours on December 24, 1841 in the Sonning Cutting, near Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. A Great Western Railway (GWR) luggage train travelling from London Paddington to Bristol Temple …
19Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway — The Duke of Wellington s train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830 The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L M) took place on 15 September 1830 …
20GWR Leo Class — The Great Western Railway Leo Class 2 4 0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between January 1841 and July 1842, and withdrawn between September 1864 and June 1874. These locomotives were… …
