Breath
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In medical jurisprudence. The air expelled from the chest at each expiration.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In medical jurisprudence. The air expelled from the lungs at each expixalion. In Saxon and old posed for defaults in the assise of bread. Cowell.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
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.