Baby Moses law

== English == === 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. === Noun === Baby Moses law (plural Baby Moses laws) (US) A statute that decriminalizes the leaving of (unharmed) infants with certain designated private persons so that they become wards of the state. === References ===