Exposition de part

EXPOSITION DE PART, French law. The abandonment of a child, unable to take care of itself, either in a public or private place.
     2. If the child thus exposed should be killed in consequence of such exposure; as, if it should be devoured by animals, the person thus exposing it would be guilty of murder. Rose. Cr. Ev. 591.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.