George Custance, A Concise View of the Constitution of England (London

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A felo de se, or self-murderer, is one who deliberately puts an end to his own life; or commits any unlawful act, the consequence of which is his own death; as if in maliciously shooting at another, the gun burst and kill him.

George Custance, A Concise View of the Constitution of England (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, and J. Hatchard, 1808), pp. 355–7

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