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).
Definition of legalism 1: strict, literal, or excessive conformity to the law or to a religious or moral code the institutionalized legalism that restricts free choice