Baby Moses law

noun

A statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the state.

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Meanings

nounBaby Moses law (plural Baby Moses laws)

plural Baby Moses laws

  1. USA statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the state.

Origin

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.

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APA

Baby Moses law. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baby%20Moses%20law

MLA

“Baby Moses law.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baby%20Moses%20law. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Baby Moses law,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Baby%20Moses%20law.

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