Monster
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MONSTER, physiology, persons. An animal which has a conformation contrary to
the order of nature. Dunglison's Human Physiol. vol. 2, p. 422.
2. A monster, although born of a woman in lawful wedlock, cannot
inherit. Those who have however the essential parts of the human form and
have merely some defect of coformation, are capable of inheriting, if
otherwise qualified. 2 Bl. Com. 246; 1 Beck's Med. Jurisp. 366; Co. Litt. 7,
8; Dig. lib. 1, t. 5, l. 14; 1 Swift's Syst. 331 Fred. Code, Pt. 1, b. 1, t.
4, s. 4.
3. No living human birth, however much it may differ from human shape,
can be lawfully destroyed. Traill. Med. Jur. 47, see Briand, Med. Leg. 1ere
part. c. 6, art. 2, Sec. 3; 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 402-405.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.