Suicide

{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005453",
  "term": "Suicide",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The act of intentionally taking one's own life. While suicide itself is not a crime in modern legal systems, assisting or encouraging another person to commit suicide is a criminal offense in many jurisdictions, prosecuted as manslaughter or a specific statutory crime. Historically under English common law, suicide was a felony that resulted in the forfeiture of the deceased's property to the Crown.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/suicide/"
}