Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1595

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
“Live born” and “live birth,” as used in this chapter, shall mean a product of conception after complete expulsion or extraction from its mother, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which breathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. Each product of such a birth is considered live born and fully recognized as a human person under Maine law. [PL 1977, c. 696, §186 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1977, c. 696, §186 (NEW).