suicide, assisted

suicide, assisted definition - legal

n

An intentional providing of a person with the medical knowledge or the means to commit suicide. Synonymous with euthanasia. Split among states as to whether legal or illegal. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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