WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Vi"a*ble
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F., from vie life, L. vita. See Vital.] (Law)
Definition : Defn: Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant.

Note: Unless he [an infant] is born viable, he acquires no rights, and can not transmit them to his heirs, and is considered as if he had never been born. Bouvier.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913