one who commits felony by suicide, or who, being of sane mind and the age of discretion, deliberately takes away his own life. The chattels, real and personal, of a felo-de-se are forfeited to the crown, but not his lands of inheritance; nor is his wife barred of her dower. The forfeited chattels, however, are usually restored upon the payment of certain fees. Formerly, a felo-de-se was buried in the highway, with a stake thrust through his body; but this barbarous usage was abolished by act 4th Geo. IV., cap. 52, which provides that he be privately interred in a burial-ground, between the hours of nine and twelve at night.