Exsanguination. Exsanguination is the process of blood loss, to a degree sufficient to cause death. One does not have to lose literally all of one's blood to cause death.
Definition. Behavior in violation of a law, or contrary to public policy or a fundamental principle of a legal system. It also includes creation of agreements that are prohibited in law (see illegal contract).
1. permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal. 2. of or pertaining to law; connected with the law or its administration: the legal profession. 3. appointed, established, or authorized by law; deriving authority from law. 4. recognized by law rather than by equity. 5. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the profession of law or of lawyers: a legal mind.