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felo-de-se
[ fel-oh-di-see, -sey ]
noun
- a person who intentionally takes their own life, or commits an unlawful malicious act resulting in their own death.
- the act of suicide.
felo de se
/ ˈfiːləʊ dɪ ˈsiː; ˈfɛləʊ /
noun
- law
- suicide
- a person who commits suicide
Word History and Origins
Origin of felo-de-se1
Word History and Origins
Origin of felo-de-se1
Example Sentences
Or felo de se; for in a case of suicide the acquittal of the deceased by a coroner's jury entitles him to Christian burial.
Of course Mr. Wharton had employed counsel, and of course the counsel's object had been to avoid a verdict of felo de se.
Is it not monstrous, then, that men could be found so lost to honor as to record a verdict of felo de se?
Yet when the verdict of felo de se had been returned, there had been murmurs in Court, at once sharply checked by the coroner.
By such conduct—revealing a tendency to bad manners—she commits felo de se as regards—well—a certain object she has in view.
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