MISCARRIAGE  , in its widest sense a going astray, a failure . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the word is used in several phrases; thus, a miscarriage of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice is a failure of the law to attain its ends . In the See also:

• STATUTE

Statute of Frauds (29 See also:

• CAR (Late Lat. carra)

Car . II., c . 3) in the expression " See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt, See also:

• DEFAULT (Fr. defaut, from defailler, to fail, Lat. fallere)

default or miscarriage of another," the word has sometimes been interpreted as See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent in meaning to default, but it is more usually considered to mean a See also:

• SPECIES

species of wrongful See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act for the consequence of which the law makes a party civilly responsible . The See also:

• TERM

term is also used (see See also:

• ABORTION (from Lat. aboriri, to fail to be born, or perish)

ABORTION) for the premature See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the contents of the womb before the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of gestation is See also:

• COMPLETE

complete .