POISON

In medical:jurisprudence. A substance having an inherent deleterious property which renders it, when taken into the ·system, capable. of· destroying life. 2.Whart. & S. Med. Jur. I L A substance which, on being applied to the human body, Internally or externally, is capable of destroying the action of. the vital functions, or of placing the solids, and flµids in such a state as to prevent the continuance of life. Wharton. See Boswell v. State, 114 Ga. 40, 39 S. E. 8!JT; People,v. Van Deleer, M Cal.' 148;. Dougherty v. People, 1 Colo. 514; State v. Slagle, 83 N. 0. 630; United States.Mut. Acc. A 'n v. Newman, 84 Va. 52. 8 S. E. soei. '...POLE, A,tneasure of length, equal to ~n JUI.ls.$ll!l a lu\1f. [s. 914]