felo-de-se

• Юридический и исторический термин, обозначающий человека, который намеренно лишает себя жизни, или акт преднамеренного самоуничтожения.

A legal and historical term referring to a person who intentionally kills themselves, or the act of deliberate self-destruction.

1. A person who commits suicideC2formalbritish

   A person who intentionally ends their own life.

   Самоубийца

   • The coroner's report classified the deceased as a felo-de-se.
   • In historical legal terms, a felo-de-se was treated differently from other deaths.
   • The term felo-de-se is rarely used in modern contexts.

   Synonymssuicide

2. An act of suicideC2formalbritish

   The deliberate act of taking one's own life.

   Самоубийство

   • The act was considered a felo-de-se under the old law.
   • The court debated whether the death was an accident or a felo-de-se.
   • Felo-de-se was historically treated as a crime.

   Synonymsself-destructionsuicide