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Gestation. There is no extreme period of gestation by English law. In Bosvile v. Attorney-General, (1887) 12 PD at p. 178, medical witnesses put the normal time at from 270 to 275 days, adding that a longer period, though not unknown or even uncommon, is exceptional. See also Gaskill v. Gaskill, 1921, P. 425, where it was held that in the present state of medical knowledge 331 days was not an impossible period of gestation