| n. | 1. | The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; - generally applied to human beings; | |||
| 2. | Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction. | ||||
| 3. | The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency. | ||||
| 4. | The act of bringing forth; | ||||
| 5. | That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. | ||||
| 6. | Origin; beginning;
| ||||
| 1. | See Berth. | ||||
| Noun | 1. | birth - the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" |
| 2. | birth - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" | |
| 3. | birth - the process of giving birth | |
| 4. | birth - the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents Synonyms: parentage | |
| Verb | 1. | birth - give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!" |
BIRTH. The act of being wholly brought into the world. The whole body must
be detached from that of the mother, in order to make the birth complete. 5
C. & P. 329; S. C. 24 E. C. L. R. 344 6 C. & P. 349; S. C. 25 E. C. L. R.
433.
2. But if a child be killed with design and maliciously after it has
wholly come forth from the body of the mother, although still connected with
her by means of the umbilical cord, it seems that such killing will be
murder. 9 C. & P. 25 S . C. 38 E. C. L. R. 21; 7 C. & P. 814. Vide articles
Breath; Dead Born; Gestation; Life; and 1 Beck' s Med. Jur. 478, et seq.; 1
Chit. Med. Jur. 438; 7 C. & P. 814; 1 Carr. & Marsh. 650; S. C. 41 E. C. L.
R. 352; 9 C. & P. 25.
3. It seems that unless the child be born alive, it is not properly a
birth, but a carriage. 1 Chit. Pr. 35, note z. But see Russ. & Ry. C. C.
336.
About this site and copyright information - Online Dictionary Home