Noxious
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
See Animal; Cruelty, 3; Nuisance.
To constitute the offense of administering a " noxious thing," within the meaning of the statute of 24 and 25 Vict. (1861), c.
180, s.
58, the thing must be noxious in itself, not merely so when taken in excess, and although it may have been administered with intent to injure or annoy. ' See Administer, 1.