viable child

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• viable child — Unborn child who is capable of independent existence outside his or her mother s womb, Libbee v. Permanente Clinic, 268 Or. 258, 518 P.2d 636, 637; even if only in an incubator, Sylvia v. Gobeille, 101 R.I. 76, 220 A.2d 222, 223. In most states a …   Black's law dictionary

• child — child; Children Progeny; offspring of parentage. Unborn or recently born human being. Wilson v. Weaver, 358 F.Supp. 1147, 1154. At common law one who had not attained the age of fourteen years, though the meaning now varies in different statutes; …   Black's law dictionary

• child — child; Children Progeny; offspring of parentage. Unborn or recently born human being. Wilson v. Weaver, 358 F.Supp. 1147, 1154. At common law one who had not attained the age of fourteen years, though the meaning now varies in different statutes; …   Black's law dictionary

• viable — Livable; having the appearance of being able to live; capable of life. This term is applied to a newlyborn infant, and especially to one prematurely born, which is not only born alive, but in such a state of organic development as to make… …   Black's law dictionary

• Child destruction — is the name of a statutory offence in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Hong Kong. The offence of that name has been abolished and replaced in Victoria. Child destruction is the crime of killing an unborn but viable fetus; that is, a child… …   Wikipedia

• viable — is a 19c loanword from French, and was first used to describe a fetus or newborn child that was capable of maintaining life. Metaphorical uses developed in the 19c, but it was not until the 1940s that it became a vogue word applied to a whole… …   Modern English usage

• viable — [ vʌɪəb(ə)l] adjective 1》 capable of working successfully; feasible. 2》 Biology (of a plant, animal, or cell) capable of surviving or living successfully.     ↘Botany (of a seed or spore) able to germinate.     ↘Medicine (of a fetus or unborn… …   English new terms dictionary

• viable — adj. 1 (of a plan etc.) feasible; practicable esp. from an economic standpoint. 2 a (of a plant, animal, etc.) capable of living or existing in a particular climate etc. b (of a foetus or newborn child) capable of maintaining life. 3 (of a seed… …   Useful english dictionary

• unborn child — The individual human life in existence and developing prior to birth. A child not yet born at the happening of an event. A child not born at the time of an injury to his mother which causes the child to suffer an injury may recover in most… …   Black's law dictionary

• quick child — One that has developed so that it moves within the mother s womb. State v. Timm, 244 Wis. 508, 12 N.W.2d 670, 671. See also quickening viable child …   Black's law dictionary

• Aboriginal child protection — describes services designed specifically for protection of the children of aboriginal or indigenous peoples, particularly where these peoples are a minority within a country. They may differ at international, national, legal, cultural, social,… …   Wikipedia