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...

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...

poison pill

poison pill : a financial tactic or provision used by a company to make an unwanted takeover prohibitively expensive or less desirable ...

Poison cup

A cup containing poison...

Poison gas

Poison gas, the making, sale or possession of weapons or ammunition for discharge of noxious liquids or gas is prohibited by the (English) Fire Arms Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 43)....

Poisonable

Capable of poisoning poisonous...

Grain, Poisoned

Grain, Poisoned, Act prohibiting the use of (26 & 27 Vict. c. 113). See POISON...

Poisonous (toxic) gas

Poisonous (toxic) gas, a gas which has a maximum allowable concentrative in air for human respira-tion not exceeding 100 mg/m3 at 15'C and 1 kgf/cm2 absolute pressure [Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004, Rule 2(xxxv)]...

Poisoner

One who poisons...

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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