10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUICK WITH CHILD»
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The Tryal, Examination and Condemnation of Occasional ...
Jfdg. Let a Jury be Impanelsd ; [ and accordingly a fttry was Impitnnell'd, and Sbe
ivas Brought in not Quick with Child.] S. H. My Lord, I except against their
Testimony, they are no more Right Matrons than I am, if they were., they must of
Course ...
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A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of ...
It is proper to remark that a verdict of the matrons that the woman is pregnant is
not suflicient, she must be found to be quick with child, (q. v.) Whether under the
English law a woman would be hanged who could be proved to be pi'ivement ...
John Bouvier, Robert Kelham, 1839
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What's Really Going on
with Pro-Roe V. Wade Catholic Politicians
Lawrence, J. said this was the interpretation that must be put upon the words
quick with child in the statute [The phrase in the statute in which these words are
found reads: “then being quick with child.”]; and as the woman in this case had
not ...
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A complete practical treatise on criminal procedure, ...
It is insisted upon, however, on the part of the prosecution, that that part of the
opinion, which states that it must be averred and proved that the woman was
quick with child, was obiter dictum, and not necessary to the decision. The report
is very ...
John Frederick Archbold, Sir John Jervis, William Newland Welsby, 1853
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The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
The words " quick with child," are to be construed according to the common
understanding, in which they signify that the woman has felt the child move within
her. of a disease, but unlawfully to destroy her child within her, and therefore he
that ...
Richard Burn, Sir George Chetwynd, 1820
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Controlling Reproduction: An American History
common law, speak of a case where the woman is quick with child. In 3 Inst. 50,
Lord Coke says, "if a woman be quick with child, and, by a potion or otherwise,
killeth it in her womb, or if a man beat her, whereby the child dieth in her body,
and ...
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A Summary of the Law Relative to Pleading and Evidence in ...
... this also might be deemed a circumstance indicative of her intention not to
conceal it. I East. P. C. 228. Indictment for administering drugs, to procure
abortion, the woman not being quick with child. Middlesex to wit : The jurors for
our lord the ...
John Frederick Archbold, 1822
This makes it felony, punishable with death, to take means for the miscarriage of
a woman being quick with child ; and felony, punishable with fourteen years'
transportation, to do the same when the woman is not quick with child. Under the
first ...
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Abortion Policies: Afghanistan to France
A woman is usually considered to be “quick" with child around the fourth month of
pregnancy. If the woman does not consent, the person performing the abortion is
subject to up to 20 years' imprisonment and payment of a fine whether the ...
10
Sex and the Family in Colonial India: The Making of Empire
Twelve women were chosen and along with four surgeons and three Muslim
midwives, they examined Peggy.28 Their conclusions were that she was not "
quick with child" and that she should be executed.29 When the jury read her the
verdict, ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUICK WITH CHILD»
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quick with child is used in the context of the following news items.
The “Quickening” Used to Be a Momentous Event. How Did It Fall …
The English jurist William Blackstone wrote in 1770, “To be saved from the gallows a woman must be quick with child—for barely with child, unless he be alive in ... «Slate Magazine, May 15»
Victory in Mauritius on Abortion Decriminalization
In 2011 he admitted in public that the wording was not clear enough for him to arrest and charge women under, once the confusing expression “quick with child” ... «International Viewpoint, Jul 12»
A comparison of abortion law in Sri Lanka and the UK
An explanation in the Code provides that this offence may be committed by a woman who causes the miscarriage herself. The term 'quick with child' is defined ... «The Island.lk, Jun 12»
