de ventre inspiciendo

de ventre inspiciendo
A writ to ascertain whether a woman convicted of a capital crime was quick with child, which was allowed by the common law, in order to guard against the taking of the life of an unborn child for the crime of the mother. The writ was also used in civil cases to protect the rightful succession to the property of a decedent against fraudulent claims of bastards, when a widow was suspected of feigning pregnancy in order to produce a supposititious heir to the estate, in which case the heir or devisee might have this writ to examine whether the woman was pregnant or not, and if she was, to keep her under proper restraint until she was delivered. Union Pacitic Rv. Co. v Botsford, 141 US 250, 253, 35 I, Ed 734, 738, 11 S Ct 1000.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • de ventre inspiciendo — /diy ventriy anspis(h)iyendow/ A common law writ to inspect the body, where a woman feigned to be pregnant, to see whether she was with child. It lay for the heir presumptive to examine a widow suspected to be feigning pregnancy in order to… …   Black's law dictionary

  • de ventre inspiciendo — /diy ventriy anspis(h)iyendow/ A common law writ to inspect the body, where a woman feigned to be pregnant, to see whether she was with child. It lay for the heir presumptive to examine a widow suspected to be feigning pregnancy in order to… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Jury of Matrons — The Jury of Matrons was a form of special jury at English common law, usually used to resolve legal disputes over whether or not a party to a legal action was pregnant. Civil Juries The civil jury of matrons was used to determine whether a… …   Wikipedia

  • matrons, jury of — Jury impaneled to determine if a woman condemned to death is pregnant. In commonlaw practice, a jury of twelve matrons or discreet women, impaneled upon a writ de ventre inspiciendo, or where a female prisoner, being under sentence of death,… …   Black's law dictionary

  • matrons, jury of — Jury impaneled to determine if a woman condemned to death is pregnant. In commonlaw practice, a jury of twelve matrons or discreet women, impaneled upon a writ de ventre inspiciendo, or where a female prisoner, being under sentence of death,… …   Black's law dictionary

  • venire facias tot matronas — /vanayriy feysh(iy)as tot matrownas/ A writ to summon a jury of matrons to execute the writ de ventre inspiciendo …   Black's law dictionary

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