Associations to the word «Deodand»
Wiktionary
DEODAND, noun. (obsolete) (legal) An object forfeited by the state (and supposedly given to God) because it had caused the death of a person
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.