What is the meaning of the word "commit suicide"?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Canadianoxy Chemicals Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General), 1997 CanLII 4095 (BC CA):
The word does not, however, have only a bad sense. Thus, in Clift v. Schwabe (1846), 17 L.J.C.P. 2, the issue was whether "commit suicide", in a condition voiding a policy of insurance, meant "to kill oneself" or "to be guilty of the crime of killing oneself". The argument was that if the deceased took his own life while of unsound mind, he did not "commit" suicide.
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