BORN ALIVE
\bˈɔːn ɐlˈa͡ɪv], \bˈɔːn ɐlˈaɪv], \b_ˈɔː_n ɐ_l_ˈaɪ_v]\
Definitions of BORN ALIVE
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This term applies to a small and newly delivered child with a heartbeat but does not establish a regular breathing and dies within minutes of being born.
By Henry Campbell Black
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It has been decided by English judges, that 'to be born alive,' means, that acts of life must have been manifested after the whole body has been extruded; and that respiration in transitu is not evidence that a child was born alive. It must be 'wholly born alive;' hence respiration may be a sign of life, but not of live birth.
By Robley Dunglison
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