pious uses

pious uses
An ancient term. Religious uses. Religious uses under the control of the king, as where a vehicle or other article which had caused the death of a person was forfeited to pious uses. Fields v Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 147 Tenn 464, 249 SW 798, 36 AL.R 1250, 1251. See deodand.

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