De Ventre Inspiciendo

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title: De Ventre Inspiciendo
text: A De Ventre Inspiciendo is a writ issued out of chancery to inspect the body, where a woman feigns to be pregnant, to see whether she is with child. It lies for the heir presumptive to examine a widow suspected to be feigning pregnancy in order to enable a supposititious heir to obtain the estate. It lay also where a woman sentenced to death pleaded pregnancy. This writ has also been recognized in the United States.
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