viable
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
Definitions from Case Law
From 439 U.S. 379 - Colautti v. Franklin · 1979Most cited · 1,997 citing opinions
some undetermined stage later in pregnancy.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Capable of living. Viability: capability of living; possibility of continued existence. An infant newly born is said to be viable, if the organs are in such a state of regular conformation and development as to render the infant capable of living. But if an infant, newly born, be affected with such a disease or malformation as to render a continuance of life impossible, the infant is said to be non-viable, and, according to some systems of law, is, so far as regards the transmission of right to legal representatives, as if he had never been born. (Beck; LitM.) Mozley ^ W.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
vite habilis, capable of living, is said of a child which is born alive in such an advanced state of formation as to be capable of living: unless he is born viable he acquires no rights and cannot transmit them to his heirs, and is considered as if he had never been born. This term is used in the French law, Toull. Dr. Civ. Fr. tome 4, p. 101, it would be well to engraft it on our own.