What is a 'Variable Interest Rate'. A variable interest rate is an interest rate on a loan or security that fluctuates over time, because it is based on an underlying benchmark interest rate or index that changes periodically.
Is suicide a crime? Historically, various states listed the act as a felony, but all were reluctant to enforce it. By 1963, six states still considered attempted suicide a crime (North and South Dakota, Washington, New Jersey, Nevada, and Oklahoma, which repealed its law in 1976). By the early 1990s only two U.S. states still listed suicide as a crime, and these have since removed that classification. In some U.S. states, suicide is still considered an unwritten common law crime as stated in Blackstone's Commentaries.
1 With the passing of the Suicide Act in 1961, suicide was no longer considered a crime. 2  However, this act states that it is considered an offense to assist in a suicide. 3  It is thought that the assisted suicide laws in this country may be revised. Colombia: In this country, physician-assisted suicide is considered legal for terminally ill patients. 2  This law was taken to court, but upheld with a 6 to 3 ruling. 3  Although physician-assisted suicide is legal here, there arenât any specific rules or regulations for physicians and patients to follow.