Legal Term: BREATH

Definition: med. juris. The air expelled from the chest at each expiration.

2. 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 Carr. & Payn, 329, S. C. 24 E. C. L. R. 344. Vide Birth, Life, Infanticide.

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