Partus

Now Sir you lie at a stronger Ward, for _Partus sequitur ventrem_, says the Civil Law: So that if you were within the Compass of the four Seas, as the Common Law goes, the Child must be yours, that's certain.

The City Bride (1696) Or The Merry Cuckold Joseph Harris

He fondly called it also _Temporis Partus Maximus_, the greatest birth of Time.

English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Henry Coppee

The legal maxim of '_Partus sequitur ventrem_' is coeval with the existence of the rights of property itself, and is founded in wisdom and justice.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

The legal maxim of '_Partus sequitur ventrem_' is coeval with the existence of the rights of property itself, and is founded in wisdom and justice.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

When slavery prevailed as part of the social organization and the slaves were ranked as property, it seemed not unreasonable that the old juridical maxim, Partus sequitur ventrem, should be accepted as peremptorily settling the status of children born in slavery.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

It was thus that the atrocious maxim, -- Partus sequitor ventrum, -- (the offspring follows the condition of the mother,) was introduced into the civil law; and from that day to the present, the condition of the mother has determined the fate of the child.

The story of the life of John Anderson : the fugitive slave ed. 1863

"The Greatest Birth of Time," whatever it was, has perished, though the name, altered to "Partus Temporis _Masculus_" has survived, attached to some fragments of uncertain date and arrangement.

Bacon John Morley 1852

The legal maxim of 'Partus sequitur ventrem' is coeval with the existence of the rights of property itself, and is founded in wisdom and justice.

American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses 1839

Partus sequitur ventrem -- they are prone to imitate their mothers.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721

Partus sequitur ventrem -- The child may be expected to resemble the mother.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721