Legal Opinion
Manufacturas International, Ltda. v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 27, 1992No. CV 91-4536 (JBW)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER.
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
In ancient times, the dagger used to stab a person to death was forfeited to the Crown — a practice having both legal and religious significance. 2 Sir Frederick Pollock & Frederic W. Maitland, The History of English Law 473-74 (2d ed. 1968); Exodus 21:29. Recently this concept of the deodand has been extended to permit the government to seize the profits of narcotics traffickers. See 21 U.S.C. § 881 et seq. (1988 & Supp. III 1991), and 18 U.S.C. § 981 et seq. (1988 & Supp. III 1991). Expanding an archaic concept from a simpler society to fit our…
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