In existence or life at a given moment of time, as, in the phrase “life orlives in being” in the rule against perpetuities . An unborn child may, in somecircumstances be considered as “in being.” Phillips v. Herron, 55 Ohio St. 47S. 45 N. E.720; Hone v. Van Schaick, 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 500.
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