IN VADIO (Lat.). In pledge ; in gage. IN VENTRE $A MERE (L. F.). In his mother's womb.
2. In law a child is, for all beneficial pur poses, considered as born while in ventre sa mere. 5 Term, 49; Coke, Litt. 36 ; 1 P. Will. Ch. 329 ; La. Civ. Code, art. 948. But a stran ger can acquire no title by descent through a child in ventre sa mere who is not subse quently born alive. Such a child is enabled to have an estate limited to his use, 1 Blackstone, Comm. 130; may have a distribu tive share of intestate property, 1 Yes. Ch. 81; is capable of taking a devise of lands, 2 Atk. Ch. 117 ; 1 Freem. 224, 293 ; takes under a marriage settlement a provision made for children living at the death of the father, 1 Yes. Ch. 85; is capable of taking a legacy, and is entitled to a share in a fund bequeathed to children under a general description of "children," or of "children living at the testator's death," 2 H. Blackst. 399; 2
Brown, Ch. 320; 2 Yes. Ch. 673 ; 1 Sim. & S. Ch. 181 ; 1 Bos. & P. 243 ; 5 Term, 49; see, also, 1 Yes. Sen. Ch. 85, 111 ; 1 P. Will. 244, 341 ; 2 id. 446 ; 2 Bro. C. C. 63 ; Amb1.708, 711 ; 1 Salk. 229 ; 2 Atk. Ch. 114 ; Prec. Ch. 50 ; 2 Vern. Ch. 710 ; 7 Term, 100; Bacon, Abr. Legacies, etc. (A); 3 Yes. Ch. 486 ; 4 id. 322 ; 1 Roper, Leg. 52, 53 ; 5 Serg. & R. Penn. 40 ; may be appointed executor. Ba con, Abr. Infancy (B).
3. A bill may be brought in its behalf, and the court will grant an injunction to stay waste. 2 Vern. Ch. 710 ; Prec. Ch. 50.
The mother of a child in ventre sa mere may detain writings on its behalf. 2 Vern. Ch. 710.
The destruction of such a child is a high misdemeanor. 1 Blackstone, Comm. 129, 130. See 2 Carr. SOK. 784; 7 Carr. & P. 850.
See PosTnefous CniLn ; CURTEST; DOWER.