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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
med. juris. The air expelled from the chest at each exchild was wholly born alive, as breathing may take place before the whole delivery of the mother is complete. Until the child is wholly born its being killed maliciously is not murder or infanticide, (q- v.-) 5 Carr. & Payn. 329; S. C. 24 Engl. C. L. R. 344. Vide Birth, Life.