suicide

suicide
Death by one's own hand intentionally lifted against himself. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1145. By statute in Missouri, "every person deliberately assisting another in the commission of self-murder shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter in the first degree." State v Webb, 216 Mo 378, 115 SW 998. By the early common law of England, suicide was ranked as an infamous crime and was held to be a "species of felony" punishable by a forfeiture to the king of the goods and chattels of the felo de se, and an ignominious burial in the highway with a stake driven through his body. Suicide has never been classed as a crime in the United States but there are cases holding attempted suicide to be an offense, even in the absence of statute. 26 Am J1st Homi §§ 84-86.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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