▁in ▁Sy ria ▁in ▁ 1 5 7 ▁under ▁leg ate ▁Ar rid ius ▁Corn elian us . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁W . ▁M . ▁R ams ay . ▁Corn el ius ▁and ▁the ▁Ital ic ▁C oh ort , ▁The ▁Ex pos itor , ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁ ▁Category : Inf antry ▁units ▁and ▁form ations ▁of ▁ancient ▁Rome ▁Category : J ude a ▁( R oman ▁province ) <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁" born ▁alive " ▁rule ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁law ▁legal ▁principle ▁that ▁holds ▁that ▁various ▁criminal ▁laws , ▁such ▁as ▁hom ic ide ▁and ▁assault , ▁apply ▁only ▁to ▁a ▁child ▁that ▁is ▁" born ▁alive ". ▁U . S . ▁courts ▁have ▁over turn ed ▁this ▁rule , ▁cit ing ▁recent ▁adv ances ▁in ▁science ▁and ▁medicine ; ▁and ▁in ▁several ▁states , ▁f etic ide ▁stat utes ▁have ▁been ▁explicitly ▁fr amed ▁or ▁am ended ▁to ▁include ▁fet uses ▁in ▁u tero . ▁Ab ort ion ▁in ▁Canada ▁is ▁still ▁govern ed ▁by ▁the ▁born ▁alive ▁rule , ▁as ▁courts ▁continue ▁to ▁hold ▁to ▁its ▁found ational ▁principles . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁the ▁Law ▁L ords ▁confirmed ▁that ▁the ▁rule ▁applied ▁in ▁English ▁law ▁but ▁that ▁alternative ▁charges ▁existed ▁in ▁lieu , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁charge ▁of ▁un law ful ▁or ▁neg lig ent ▁m ans la ugh ter ▁instead ▁of ▁murder . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁born ▁alive ▁rule ▁was ▁originally ▁a ▁principle ▁at ▁common ▁law ▁in ▁England ▁that ▁was