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Dram

A weight in Apothecaries weight one eighth part of an ounce or sixty grains in Avoirdupois weight one sixteenth part of an ounce or 2734375 grains...

emblements [Anglo-French, from Middle French emblaement act of sowing grain, from emblaer to sow with grain, from en-, causative prefix + Old French blet ble grain] : crops from annual cultivation legally belonging to the tenant ...

Processing

Processing, in common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or alteration of the goods or material which is subjected to the act of processing. 'What is necessary in order to characterise an operation as 'processing' is that the commodity must, as a result of the operation, experience some change' (See Chowgule & Co. Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, 1981 (1) SCC 653: AIR 1981 SC 1014). In a cold storage, vegetables, fruits and several other articles which requires preservation by refrigeration are stored. While as a result of long storage, Scientific examination might indicate loss of moisture content that is not sufficient for holding that the stored articles have undergone a process, Delhi Cold Storage Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi, AIR 1991 SC 2125.Processing, include the preservation of such products as canning, freezing drying, salting, smoking, peeling or filleting etc., Regional Executive, Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund...

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...

Fiars prices

Fiars prices, the value of grain in the different counties of Scotland, fixed yearly by the respective sheriffs, in February, with the assistance of juries. These regulate the prices of grain stipulated to be sold at the fiars prices, or when no price has been stipulated, Erskine, 1. 1, tit. 4, s. 6....

Gristmill

A mill for grinding grain especially a mill for grinding grists or portions of grain brought by different customers a custom mill...

Graniferous

Bearing grain or seeds like grain...

burled

having an irregular pattern from the grain of a tree burl2 or one resembling such a pattern in contrast to the regular wood grain consisting of parallel or concentric lines of wood...

Bran

The broken coat of the seed of wheat rye or other cereal grain separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting the coarse chaffy part of ground grain...

Knavership

Knavership, a portion of grain given to a mill-servant from tenants who were bound to grind their grain at such mill. See THIRLAGE....

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