Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: poisonous substance |
2. | poison - anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism" | |
Verb | 1. | poison - spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the atmosphere in the office" |
2. | poison - kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can kill" | |
3. | poison - kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband" | |
4. | poison - add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her" Synonyms: envenom | |
5. | poison - administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did not die" |
POISON, crim. law. Those substances which, when applied to the organs of the
body, are capable of altering or destroying, in a majority of cases, some or
all of the functions necessary to life, are called poisons. 3 Fodere, Traite
de Med. Leg. 449; Guy, Med. Jur. 520.
2. When administered with a felonious intent of committing, murder, if.
death ensues, it is murder the most detestable, because it can of all
others, be least prevented by manhood or forethought. It is a deliberate act
necessarily implying malice. 1 Russ. Cr. 429. For the signs which indicate
poisoning, vide 2 Beck's Med. Jurisp. ch. 16, p. 236, et seq.; Cooper's Med.
Jurisp. 47; Ryan's Med. Jurisp. ch. 15, p. 202, et seq.; Traill, Med. Jur.
109.