Civil death
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Civil death is a term that refers to the loss of all or almost all civil rights by a person due to a conviction for a felony or due to an act by the government of a country that results in the loss of civil rights.
A prominent example of civil death is the "illegal enemy combatant" designation used by the United States government, which is sometimes argued to violate the due process rights of designated individuals. A second example of civil death on a wide scale is the use of purges by the former Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
Historically, the declaration of a person as an outlaw was a common form of civil death.