Abdelmonem Samir (asker) May 14, 2009:

You are welcome, Alexandra We have an Arabic proverb that says "Mukrah, Akhak La Batalo", which means "Don't think he is a hero, he had no other options but to do this."
Which means, I was forced to post the question, because I didn't understand it, I didn't intend to post an interesting question, although I'm glad you found it interesting :)

Alexandra Taggart May 13, 2009:

Thank you, Jack! I also want to thank Abdelmonem for putting this interesting question which raised many thoughts in me. The matter is wide and I am sure if I met it anywhere in literature suggested to translate - it would be one of options which I would keep in my mind.

Jack Doughty May 12, 2009:

I don't think it could be in this context. This is an early 19th-century legal text-book. The preceding sentence is "Murder must be an unlawful killing". Suicide itself at that time was an unlawful killing of the suicide by his/her own hand, so a death brought about in this way could not, under the law of the time, have been considered murder by a person driving someone else to suicide.
Outside this strict legal context, you could be right.

Alexandra Taggart May 12, 2009:

It could also be by commiting a perjury a (witness) makes a moral damage which results in a suicide of the convicted person while he/she is in a custody waiting for the jury's verdict. That is a criminal case and the convicted who may not be sentenced to death dies unnecessarily. He/she commits suicide - such cases should be applicable here.