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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...
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, Poisoned
Grain, Poisoned, Act prohibiting the use of (26 & 27 Vict. c. 113). See POISON...
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 ...
Poison bush
Any fabaceous shrub of the genus Gastrolobium the herbage of which is poisonous to stock also any species of several related genera as Oxylobium Gompholobium etc...
Poison cup
A cup containing poison...
Poisoner
One who poisons...
Poisonous
Having the qualities or effects of poison venomous baneful corrupting noxious...
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