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Interments (felo de se) Act 1882 (45 " 46 Vict c 19) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which allowed a person whose death was felo de se (criminal.

A news report in 1866 as to the case of Eli Sykes, a prisoner awaiting the death sentence at Armley gaol in Leeds, read the inquest jury returned a verdict of felo de se and in consequence of that verdict the body would be buried at midnight, without any religious ceremony, within the precincts of the gaol.

From 1882 to 1961, this Act was applied by section 3 of the Interments (felo de se) Act 1882.

made by Part II of the First Schedule, and except that the Interments (felo de se) Act 1882, is repealed also for the Channel Islands.

Repeal in England and WalesIn England and Wales, the offence of felo de se was abolished by section 1 of the Suicide Act 1961.

Burials for felo de se typically took place at night, with no mourners nor clergy; the place was often kept secret by justices of the peace, coroners and local undertakers.

This was broadened by the Interments (felo de se) Act 1882.

felo de se felon from himself archaic legal term for one who commits suicide, referring.

Non compos mentis and felo de se (the Latin word for "self-murder") presented two different verdicts in.

rites after an inquest found him guilty of felo de se.

3 July – Interments (felo de se) Act 1882 permits the normal burial of a felo de se suicide.

At an inquest the following day, the coroner said that there was no evidence that Moss had an unsound mind and had murdered himself in his right senses, and a verdict of felo de se was returned.

This appears to be the earliest reported felo de se in New Zealand.

Synonyms:

suicide, self-annihilation, self-destruction,

Antonyms:

iodinate, fuse, saddle, lodge, burden,