"Baby Moses law" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Baby Moses laws [plural]
Etymology: A reference to the Biblical story, related in Exodus chapter 2, in which the baby Moses is abandoned by the river Nile and found by the pharaoh's daughter. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Baby Moses law}} Baby Moses law (plural Baby Moses laws)
  1. (US) A statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the state. Wikipedia link: Baby Moses law, Benjamin Blayney Tags: US

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