Poison Bush - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: poison bushPoison 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
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...
Bushings and bearing
Bushings and bearing, As the functions of bushings are the same as that of the bearings, sometimes bushings are also called bearings. But when these two articles are known in the market by two different names, it cannot be said that they are same and identical, even though they perform the same functions, Jain Engineering Co. v. Collector of Customs, (1987) 4 SCC 492 (496): AIR 1987 SC 2279: (1988) 1 SCR 220....
Bushing
The operation of fitting bushes or linings into holes or places where wear is to be received or friction diminished as pivot holes etc...
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 cup
A cup containing poison...
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