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.