deodand

"I have no control over my own," responded the deodand.

If the owner could not pay the deodand, his township was held responsible.

"I did all expected of me," declared the deodand.

I hunger for her flesh," said the soft voice of the Deodand.

"You should have considered this before you maimed me with a rock," said the deodand.

After a moment he brought the Deodand low and caused the rotations to slacken.

The weight of the Deodand thudded against the barrier.

"I go," said the Deodand, for he greatly feared magic, and departed into the night.

In American law, the deodand has been cited as a source for the modern civil forfeiture doctrine.

But he jumped back as the Deodand sprang.

The Deodand outside had lingered, and had been watching through the iron-barred window.

Here he lifted a heavy stone and, as the deodand came skulking below, threw it down upon the creature's back.

A strangled wailing came and presently the Deodand's frame parted.

I mean, that the ladder becomes a deodand in the second case, but not in the first.'

Face to face chest to chest, the deodand would tear him to pieces.

The deodand pulled himself slightly more erect.

The transition from bane to deodand remains obscure.

The deodand had pulled himself against the rock and hissed in horror at the sight of Cugel's naked blade.

The Deodand, Mazirian knew, craved his body for meat.

Relying on analogy to the deodand, a legal "personification fiction," declares the property to be the defendant.

And the deodand inched himself up.

Fury and fear choked the Deodand.

The deodand laughed sadly.

The deodand grinned meaningfully at Cugel.

The Deodand's lips curled mockingly.