Felo de SeThe act of a suicide when he commits self-murder. Murder is felony, and a man who murders himself commits this felony —felo de se. “A felo-de-se, therefore, is he that deliberately puts an end to his own existence.” —Blackstone: Commentaries, book iv. chap. xiv. p. 189. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Felo de Se from Infoplease:
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