Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

deodand

Hist. An old English practice of forfeiting to the Crown a thing (such as an animal) that has done wrong. a This practice was abolished in 1846. "[WJhen in 1716 the coroner's jury of Yarmouth declared a stack of timber which had fallen on a child to be forfeited as a deodand, it was ransomed for 30s., which was paid over to the child's father." J.W. Cecil Turner, Kenny's Outlines of Criminal Law 7 (16th ed. 1952). de odio et atia Wee oh-dee-oh et ay-shee-a), n. [Law Latin "of hatred and malice"] Hist. A writ ordering a sheriff to summon a 12-member jury to inquire whether a prisoner jailed for murder was charged for a good reason or only because of ill-will and to determine whether bail should be set. 0 If the prisoner was accused out of spite or had committed the crime in selfdefense, then another writ called tradas in ballim would have been issued ordering the sheriff to release the prisoner on bail if the sheriff could find 12 good citizens of the county to vouch for the prisoner. This writ, similar to habeas corpus, was first mentioned in Magna Carta. - Also termed breve de bono et malo.