Felo de se (from Medieval Latin fel[l]ō dē sē, "felon of him-/herself") was a concept applied against the personal estates (assets) of adults who ended their own lives.[1]
Early English common law, among others, by this concept considered suicide a crime—a person found guilty of it, though dead, would ordinarily see penalties including forfeiture of property to the monarch and a shameful burial. Beginning in the seventeenth century precedent and coroners' custom gradually deemed suicide temporary insanity—court-pronounced conviction and penalty to heirs were gradually phased out.
Such judgment and penalties had taken in any deceased, lawfully killed for self-defence or defence of another, committing a felony.
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Felo de Se" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 243.
Felodese (from Medieval Latin fel[l]ō dēsē, "felon of him-/herself") was a concept applied against the personal estates (assets) of adults who ended...
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drunkards, who could claim no defense of madness. Non compos mentis and felodese (the Latin word for "self-murder") presented two different verdicts in...
cosmopolitan feel, utilising a range of European languages in turns of phrase. FelodeSe – Somin Trust Award, 1963 Langrishe, Go Down – James Tait Black Memorial...
life and in common with others judged to have committed the crime of Felodese her corpse was given to the burgh constable to be buried in unconsecrated...
made by Part II of the First Schedule and except that the Interments (felodese) Act 1882, is repealed also for the Channel Islands. Dates Royal assent...
during the commission of crimes (who fell foul of the law relating to felodese), could not be forfeited, nor could the property of offenders who refused...
argued that by declaring secession, the state governments had committed felodese (state suicide) and could be regulated as territories that should be prepared...
felony Champerty and maintenance Embracery Death against family honour Felodese Criminal behaviour Common scold Loitering Quasi-crimes: Until-dawn detention...
ISSN 0002-9769. OCLC 854299. Adams, Cecil (17 August 1973). "What is a felo-de-se?". The Straight Dope. Sun-Times Media, LLC. Archived from the original...
From 1882 to 1961, this Act was applied by section 3 of the Interments (felodese) Act 1882. The preamble was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1894...
knighted the following month. 3 July – Interments (felodese) Act 1882 permits the normal burial of a felodese suicide. 11–13 July – Anglo-Egyptian War: The...
Fifth District 1984) ("(Footnote [13]) Ubi eadem ratio ibi; idem jus; et de similibus idem est judicium. Where there is the same reason, there is the...
rites after an inquest found him guilty of felodese. This appears to be the earliest reported felodese in New Zealand. Green, David. "Joseph Zillwood"...
They were joined by his long term bandmate and friend Stuart Harper [Felo-De-Se] who stood in his place. Also paying tribute were Vendemmian, whom Manning...
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of wounds from shotgun pellets. The verdict of the coroners court was felodese, a Latin term for "felon of himself"; it is an archaic legal term meaning...
felony Champerty and maintenance Embracery Death against family honour Felodese Criminal behaviour Common scold Loitering Quasi-crimes: Until-dawn detention...
Interments (felodese) Act 1882 (repealed) 45 & 46 Vict. c. 19 3 July 1882 An Act to amend the law relating to the interment of any person found felodese. (Repealed...
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