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felo-de-se


  • n  a person who kills himself intentionally
  • n  an act of deliberate self destruction

  • If it were correct, he declared in the first great anti-Supreme Court blast, "then indeed is our Constitution a complete felo-de-se suicide.
  • When the coroner's jury ruled felo-de-se (suicide), Judge Hale's estate was forfeited to the Crown.
  • If such a power existed, declared Jefferson, "then indeed is our Constitution a complete felo-de-se suicide.

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