Pregnancy - Law Dictionary Search Results
abortion
abortion 1 : the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus ;esp : the medical
Birth, Concealing
statute in1802 by 43 Geo. 3, c. 58, s. 3. In Scotland the corresponding crime is concealment of pregnancy. A woman is guilty of this if she conceals her pregnancy during the whole time, and does not
Divorce
to consummate, (b) mental deficiency or epileptic effliction at the time of marriage, (c) communicable venereal disease, (d) pregnancy at time of marriage by another man. A decree absolute may be made against the party obtaining the
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Registered medical practitioner
training in gynaecology and obstetrics as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act. [Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), s. 2(d)] Means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognised medical qualification as
Quickening
motion felt in the womb by the mother of the foetus, usually occurring near the middle of the pregnancy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1261.
Miscarriage
of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period prior to or during the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy but does not include any miscarriage, the causing of which is punishable under the Indian Penal Code (45
Minor
the Indian Majority Act, 1875 is to be deemed not to have attained his majority. [Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), s. 2 (c)] It means a person who, under the provisions of the
Lunatic
has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912. [Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), s. 2 (b)]
Live-birth
the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such expulsion or extraction, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, and each product of
Jury of matrons
writ de ventre inspiciendo, which see; (2) where a female prisoner is condemned to be executed, and pleads pregnancy as a ground to postpone the completion of the sentence until after her confinement. Upon this a jury
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