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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.

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

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To that end, I suggested that rapidly declining birthrates in Iran could be taken as evidence that the Iranian people as a whole were choosing not to reproduce themselves, which in turn might suggest that, as a people, they preferred not to live.

Body Politics

In the following years, 1996-2001, when the economic situation seems to stabilize, birth-rate stabilizes, too, and during 2001-2006, parallel with the economic expansion, we witness a slight growth of birthrate. All this period, mortality reached relatively constant levels, just like the number of the dead births (12).

Demographic evolutions between religion and politics

A report compiled by a government advisory panel on social security issues states, ''The declining birthrate is the biggest challenge confronting Japan.''

Japanese editorial excerpts

But other anomalies such as Canada and Germany, whose birthrate lags behind similarly rich nations, have yet to be explained.

Tipping point: Richest nations see baby boom

The latest figures continue to show the country is experiencing a declining birthrate and an aging population.

Japan's child population sags to record low for 28th year in row

In 2007, France's national statistical authority announced that the country had overtaken Ireland to boast the highest birthrate in Europe.

The world's new numbers: "here lies Europe, overwhelmed by Muslim immigrants and emptied of native-born Europeans." That is the obituary some pundits have been writing in recent years. But neither the immigrants nor the Europeans are playing their assigned roles

And the rising birthrate means many are unable to spend as much time with mothers.

BRITAIN TODAY: Midwives abused; HEALTH

The growth in birthrate is reported in Kyrgyzstan in the first half of 2008.

Birthrate growing in Kyrgyzstan

And critics say the Department of Health has been "caught by surprise" by the rising birthrate, with some maternity wards forced to close their doors to expectant mothers.

Foreign-born mothers cost pounds 350m a year

Research using a Birthrate Plus analysis tool has revealed a shortfall inmaternity staff at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.

BABY BOOM; Now hospital has to recruit extra midwives to cope

If high-school and college girls in the days of Father Knows Best were as promiscuous as those of recent years, why did the annual birthrate per 1,000 unmarried girls aged 15-19 triple between 1960 and 1994, even as abortion went from being illegal almost everywhere to being available everywhere?

"Normalizing" premarital sex

Bishop Ingham cautioned against using assumptions before gathering data and noted that other research tracks Anglican church membership decline with a falling birthrate among its traditional constituency--white Anglo-Americans and Anglo-Canadians.