Legal Definition and Related Resources of Birth

Meaning of Birth

The act of being wholly brought into the world. The conditions of live birth are not satisfied when a part only of the body is born. The whole body must be brought into the world, and detached from that of the mother, and after this event the child must be alive. 5 Car. & P. 329; 7 Car. & P. 814. The circulating system must also be changed, and the child must have an independent circulation. 5 Car. & P. 539; 9 Car. & P. 154. But it is not “necessary that there should have been a separation of the umbilical cord. That may still connect the child with its mother, and yet the killing of it will constitute murder. 7 Car. & P. 814; 9 Car. & P. 25. See 1 Beck,” Med. Jur. 478; 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 438.

What does Birth mean in American Law?

The definition of Birth in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

The actual delivery of a fetus from its mother to the outside world. At that point, unlike an unborn fetus it becomes for certain a “person” for all legal purposes. Cf abortion.

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Synonyms of Birth

(Beginning), noun

animation
arrival
commencement
creation
debut
embarkation
establishment
exordium
genesis
inauguration
inception
incipience
incipiency
incunabula
infancy
introduction
nascency
onset
origin
origination
ortus
vitalization
Associated Concepts: ante natus

(Emergence of young), noun

arrival
childbirth
delivery
nativity
parturition
vivification
Associated Concepts: birth certificate
birth control
issue
pretermission
foreign phrases: Non nasci
et natum mori
paria sunt
Not to be born
and to be born dead
are the same

(Lineage), noun

ancestry
bloodline
derivation
descent
extraction
heredity
heritage
inheritance
line
line of descent
parentage
provenance
succession
Associated Concepts: birth certificate
legitimacy foreign phrases: Qui in utero est pro jam nato habetur
quoties de ejus commodo quaeritur
He who is in the womb is regarded as already born
whenever a question arises for his benefit

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