Analysis - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition analysis

Definition :

Analysis, the resolution of a thing into its elements or component parts. By the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 31) (see ADULTERATION), provision is made for the appointment in every district by the local authorities of one or more persons possessing competent medical, chemical, and miscroscopical knowledge as analysts of all Articles of food and drink. An article purchased for analysis under this Act must be divided into three parts (s. 18), each sufficiently large to afford reasonable facilities for analysis: see Lowery v. Hallard, 1906 (1) KB 398. The Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 45), contains analogous provisions for securing to agriculturists the purity of artificial manures and feeding stuffs for cattle, etc.