Decoction

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The operation of boiling certain ingredients in a fluid for the purpose of extracting the parts soluble at that temperature. The product of this operation. In a case in which the indictment charged the prisoner with having administered to a woman a decoction of a certain shrub, called "savin," it appeared that the prisoner had administered an infusion, and not a decoction. The prisoner's counsel insisted that he was entitled to an acquittal on the ground that the medicine was misdescribed; but it was held that infusion and decoction are ejusdem generis, and that the variance was immaterial. 3 Campb. 74, 76.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The operation of boiling certain ingredients in a fluid for the purpose of extracting the parts soluble at that temperature; the product of this operation. In a case in which the indictment charged the prisoner with having administered to a woman a decoction of a certain shrub called savin, it appeared that the prisoner had administered an infusion, and not a decoction. The prisoner's counsel insisted that he was entitled to an acquittal on the ground that the medicine was misdescribed; but it was held that infusion and decoction are ejusdem generis, and that the variance was immaterial. 3 Camp. 74, 75. DEC0CT0R. In Roman Law. A bankrupt; a person who squandered the money of the state. Calvinus, Lex. DEC0LLATI0. Decollation; beheading. D£C0NFES. In French Law. A name formerly given to those persons who died without confession, whether they refused to confess or whether they were criminals to whom the sacrament was refused. Droit de Canon, par M. l'Abbe Andre; Dupin, Gloss, to Loisel's Institutes.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of bailing a substance in water, for extracting its virtues. Also the liquor in which a substance has been boiled; water impregnated with the principles of any animal or vegetable substance boiled in it Webster; Sykes v. Magone (C. C.) 38 Fed. 497. In an indictment "decoction" and "infusion" are ejusdem generis; and if one is alleged to have been administered, instead of the other, the variance is immaterial. 3 Camp. 74.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

med. jurisp. The operation of boiling certain ingredients in a fluid, for the purpose of extracting the parts soluble at that temperature. Decoction also means the product of this operation. Ina case in which the indictment charged the prisoner with having administered to a woman a decoction of a certain shrub called savin, it appeared that the prisoner had administered an infusion, (q. v.) and not a decoction; the prisoner’s counsel insisted that he was entitled to an acquittal, on the ground that the medicine was misdescribed, but it was held that infusion and decoction are ejusdem generis, and that the variance was immaterial. 3 Camp. R. 74, 75.