FELO DE SE (M.L. a felon, i.e. murderer, of himself)  , one who commits See also:

• MURDER

murder upon himself . The technical conditions of murder apply to this See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime; e.g., " if one commits any unlawful malicious See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act, the consequence of which is his own See also:

• DEATH

death, as if attempting to kill another he runs upon his antagonist's See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword, or See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting at another the See also:

• GUN

gun bursts and kills himself," he is a felo de se . The horror inspired by this crime led to the revolting See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment of an " ignominious See also:

• BURIAL

burial on the See also:

• HIGHWAY

highway, with a stake driven through the See also:

• BODY

body." This was abolished by an act of 1823, which ordered the burial of the body of a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person found to be felo de se within 24 See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours after the See also:

• CORONER

coroner's See also:

• INQUEST (O. Fr. enqueste, modern enqueete, from Lat.inquisitum, inquirere, to inquire)

inquest, between the hours of 9 and 12 at See also:

• NIGHT

night, and without See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RITES

rites of sepulture . This act was again superseded in 1882 by the Interments (Felo de se) Act, which permits the interment of any felo de se in the See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard or other burial ground of the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish or See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in which by the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law or See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he might have been interred but for the See also:

• VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, Lat. vere dictum, truly said, used in Late Latin in one word with its present significance)

verdict . The interment is carried out in accordance with the Burial See also:

• LAWS

Laws See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

Amendment Act 188o (see BURIAL AND BURIAL ACTS) . The act does not authorize the performance of any of the rites of Christian burial, but a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of service may be used . Formerly the goods and chattels, but not the See also:

• LAND

land, of a felo de se were forfeited to the See also:

• CROWN

crown, but such forfeitures were abolished by the See also:

• FORFEITURE (from " forfeit," originally an offence, and hence a fine exacted as a penalty for such; derived through the O. Fr. forfeit, from the late Lat. foris factum, a trespass, that which is done foris, outside)

Forfeiture Act 187o .