Breath
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Medical Jurisprudence. The air expelled from the chest at each expiration. Breathing, though a usual sign of life, is not conclusive that a child was wholly born alive; as breathing may take place before the whole delivery of the mother is complete; 5 C. & P. 329. See Birth; Life; Infanticide.