felo-de-se

• Terme juridique et historique désignant une personne qui se donne volontairement la mort, ou l'acte de suicide intentionnel.

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.

   Personne qui se donne volontairement la mort

   • 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.

   Synonymessuicide

2. An act of suicideC2formalbritish

   The deliberate act of taking one's own life.

   suicide

   • 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.

   Synonymesself-destructionsuicide