Death

The extinction of life; the de parture of the soul from the body; defined animal and vital functions consequent thereon, such 2s respiration, pulsation, ete. In tazal contemnlation, if is of two kinds: (1) Neturai, 7. ¢., the extinction of life; (2) citi], where a person is not actually dead, but is adjudged so by the law, as when a person is banished or abjures the realm, or enters into a monastery. Civil death also occurs Where a man, by act of parliament or judgment of law, is attainted of treason or felony; for immediately upon such attuinder he loses (subject, indecd, to some exceptions) his civil rights and capacities, and becomes, as it were, civiliter morvtuus.

But now, by the 33 & 34 Vict. c.

23, forfeiture for treas0n or felony has been abolished, but the pers0n convicted is disqualified for oilices, ete.

Wharton.

Natwral death is also used to denote a death which occurs by the unassisted operation of nutural causes, as distinguished from a violent death, or one caused or accelerated by the interference of human agency.