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Grain, Poisoned, Act prohibiting the use of (26 & 27 Vict. c. 113). See POISON...
Poison
Poison (poison, Fr.; fr. potio, Lat., a drink--applied originally to a medicated drink or draught].The administration of poison or other destructive thing, if done with intent to commit murder, is a felony, punishable with penal servitude for life, or any term not exceeding three years, or with imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years [(English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861, s. 11], and so is the attempt to administer with like intent, whether bodily injury be effected or not (s. 14).On a trial for murder of A, by poisoning, evidence of a subsequent poisoning of other persons is admissible against the prisoner, Reg. v. Geering, (1849) 18 LJMC 215; Rex v. Armstrong, (1922) 38 TLR 631; as also of antecedent poisoning, Reg. v. Garner, (1863) 3 F&F 681.Unlawful and malicious administering of poison so as to endanger life or to inflict grievous bodily harm is a felony, punishable by penal servitude up to ten years, or imprisonment; and such adminis-tration with intent to i...
Grain
Grain, the twenty-fourth part of a penny-weight according to Troy weight.A grain is 1/252326th of the weight of a cubic inch of distilled water at a temperature of 62' F. A grain is 1/5760th of the pound Troy and 1/7000th of the pound avoirdupois. A metric gram equals 15.432356 grains. A milligram is .015 grains. A carat is 200 milligram or 3 grains. (B.T. Standard.)...
Grained
Having a grain divided into small particles or grains showing the grain hence rough...
Grains
Grains, definition of 'grain', 'foodgrain' in notifications issued under U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948 is wider the definition of 'food grain' in s. 14, CST 1956 and includes malted barley. Further, said notifications not being exception notifications but charging provisions, onus shall be an Revenue to prove that malted barley did not fall within 'foodgrain' of 'cereals', U.P. Sales Tax Act, 1948, ss. 3A(2A) and 3D, Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, s. 14; Commissioner, Trade Tax Act, U.P. v. National Cereal Product, (2005) 3 SCC 366....
Poison
Any agent which when introduced into the animal organism is capable of producing a morbid noxious or deadly effect upon it as morphine is a deadly poison the poison of pestilential diseases...
Poisonable
Capable of poisoning poisonous...
Grain, loading of
Grain, loading of. As to the regulations with regard to this, see, s. 452 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), and s. 11 of the amending Act of 1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 48). Grain for the purpose of these Acts means and corn, rice, paddy, pulse, seeds, nuts, or nut kernels...
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 ...
poison pill
poison pill : a financial tactic or provision used by a company to make an unwanted takeover prohibitively expensive or less desirable ...
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