A poison; a toxic agent; any substance capable of producing toxlcaton or poisoning. … [Read more...]

In French law. An easement consisting of the right to rest ladders upon the adjoining estate, when necessary in order to repair a party-wall or buildings supported by it. Also the vacant space surrounding a building left unoccupied In order to facilitate its reparation when necessary. Herl. Repert. … [Read more...]

To poison. Not used to describe the act of one who administers a poison, but the action of the drug or poison itself." Intoxication. The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the administration or introduction into the human system of a poison. This term is popularly used as equivalent to "drunkenness, which, however, is more accurately described as "alcoholic … [Read more...]

In old English law. A court of record, having criminal jurisdiction, in each county, held before the sheriff, twice a year, in one place after another, following a certain circuit or rotation. … [Read more...]

The science of poisons; that department of medical science which treats of poisons, their effect, their recognition, their antidotes, and generally of the diagnosis and therapeutics of poisoning. … [Read more...]