Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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en ventre sa mere

[Law French "in utero"] (Of a fetus) in the mother's womb <child en ventre sa mere>. ( This phrase refers to an unborn child, usu. in the context of a discussion of that child's rights. - Also spelled in ventre sa mere. See VENTER. "An infant in ventre so mere, or in the mother's womb, is supposed in law to be born for many purposes." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 126 (1765).