fruit
1 a : something (as evidence) that is obtained or gathered during an action or operation (as a search) [moved to suppress evidence seized from the room on the grounds that it was obtained as the of an illegal arrest "
National Law Journal"]
b
pl
: fruit of the poisonous tree [the Court was asked to extend the…
fruits doctrine "
Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U.S. 298 (1985)"]
2 a in the civil Law of Louisiana : property (as income or goods) produced by or derived from other movable or immovable property without diminution of its substance [co-owners share the
s and products of the thing held "
Louisiana Civil Code"] compare
product civil fruit : the revenue derived from property esp. by virtue of an obligation (as a lease)
nat·u·ral fruit : an animal or plant product (as a crop)
b : income that is produced or earned by other property or services