VENTER, VENTRE
\vˈɛntə], \vˈɛntə], \v_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
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The belly or womb. The term Is used In law as designating the maternal parentage of children. Thus, where in ordinary phraseology we should say that A. was R.'s child by his first wife, he would be described in law as "by the first venter." Rrown.
By Henry Campbell Black
