In response to an amendment to this Bill seeking to clarify the
legal status of the human embryo, a former Lord Chancellor stated, «An embryo is not a chattelA human entity which is living is not a chattel and neither is it a person in any
ordinary senseIt is wrong to try and define a human embryo in terms of established
legal definitions which are plainly inapplicable to human embryos.
The UK FOI guidance notes are quite specific that «The term «vexatious» is to have its
ordinary meaning and there is no link with
legal definitions from other contexts (ed vexatious litigants)».