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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 ...
Mediterranean fruit fly
A small two winged fly Ceratitis capitata a native of the Mediterranean countries but now widely distributed in warm regions which can cause great damage to citrus and other succulent fruit crops when present in large numbers It is black and white and irregularly banded It lays eggs in ripening oranges peaches and other fruits when the eggs hatch into larvae maggots inside the fruit they cause the fruit to decay and fall and make the fruit unsaleable It is also popularly called the medfly...
First fruits
First fruits, an incident to the old feudal tenures, being one year's profits of the land after the death of a tenant, which belonged to the king. Hence arose the claim of the head of the Church to the first year's profits of every clergyman's benefice; otherwise called annates or primati', transferred from the Pope to the Crown by 26 Hen. 8, c. 3, and from the Crown to the Church for the augmentation of poor livings, by 2 & 3 Anne, c. 11. The holders of benefices of a value not exceeding 50l. a year were freed from first fruits and tenths by 6 Anne, c. 44, and 6 Anne, c. 54. First fruits were paid on their value as compounded for under 26 Hen. 8, c. 3, by the then holders of preferments. But both first fruits and tenths were abolished by the First Fruits and Tenths Measure, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, No. 5). See BOUNTY OF QUEEN ANNE AND TENTHS....
Fruit
Fruit, as to larceny of and damage to, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 8(3), and Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 23, 24; as to compensation to market garden tenant for fruit trees and fruit bushes, see ss. 48 and 49 and Sched. III. Of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, which repealed and replaced the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, which itself had replaced the Market Gardeners Compensation Act, 1895, see Saunders-Jacob v. Yates, (1933) 2 KB 240 (market garden includes part of private premises so treated). As to importation and marking of foreign fruit, see AGRICULTURAL ACTS (marketing-produce-returns).In Webster Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition at p. 509, the word 'fruit' has been defined, the edible, pulpy mass, covering the seeds of various plants and trees. They are classified as fleshy, as gourds, melons, oranges, apples, pears, berries, etc. drupaceous as cherries, peaches, plums, apricots, and others containing stones; dry as nuts, capsuls, ashenia, follicles, legume...
Fruitful
Full of fruit producing fruit abundantly bearing results prolific fertile liberal bountiful as a fruitful tree or season or soil a fruitful wife...
civil fruit
civil fruit see fruit ...
natural fruit
natural fruit see fruit ...
Fresh fruit and vegetable
Fresh fruit and vegetable, a coconut (neither tender nor dried but a ripened coconut with or without husk) is neither a 'fresh fruit' nor a 'vegetable', P.A. Thillai Chidambara v. A.A.A. Commissioner AIR 1985 SC 1644 (1645). [T.N. General Sales Tax Act (1 of 1959), ss. 17 and 3]...
Fruit fallen
Fruit fallen, the produce of any possession detached thereform, and capable of being enjoyed by itself. Thus, a next presentation, when a vacancy has occurred, is a fruit fallen from the advowson....
fruit of the poisonous tree
fruit of the poisonous tree 1 : a doctrine of evidence: evidence that is derived from or gathered during an illegal action (as an unlawful search) cannot be admitted into court 2 : evidence that is inadmissible under an evidentiary exclusionary rule because it was derived from or gathered during an illegal action see also Wong Sun v. U.S. in the Important Cases section compare independent source, inevitable discovery, plain view ...
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