Dead hand

Dead hand can refer to:

• Dead Hand (nuclear war), a Soviet weapons-control system used as a deterrent during the Cold War
• The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy, 2009 book by David E. Hoffman
• Dead hand (mini-boss), a sub-boss in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• The Dead Hand, original title of one of the short stories comprising the original Foundation Trilogy
• Dead man's hand poker hand allegedly held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder
• Mortmain, a legal term, literally 'Dead Hand' in French
• "Dead hand", a legal term referring to control of an estate by a decedent; see Rule Against Perpetuities
• The Dead Hand Series of books by Upton Sinclair, of which the first was The Profits of Religion (1917)