Infanticide
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. jurisp. The murder of a new born infant. There is a difference between this offence and those known by the names of prolicide, (q. v.) and fatscide, (q. v-) To commit infanticide the child must be wholly born, it is not sufficient that it was born so far & Payn. 329; 24 Eng. C. L. Rep. 344, 8S.
C.; 6 Carr. & Payn. 349; S. C. 25 Eng. C. L. Rep. 433. Vide Ryan’s Med. Jar. 137.