deodand
noun
de·o·dand
ˈdēəˌdand
plural -s
: a thing that by English law before 1846 was forfeited to the crown and thence to pious uses because it had been the immediate cause of the death of a person
Word History
Etymology
Anglo-French deodande, from Medieval Latin deodandum, from Latin Deo dandum that must be given to God