Noxious
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Hurtful; offensive. Within the meaning of a statute prohibiting noxious or offensive trade or manufactures, brickmaking is not included. 32 L. J. M. C. 135; 13 C. B. n. s. 479. A thing is noxious if capable of doing harm. And if noxious as administered, although innoxious If differently administered; 40 L. J. M. C. 44; 5 Q. B. Div. 307; 13 Cox 547; 12 id. 463. NUBILIS (Lat.). In Civil Law. One who is of a proper age to he married. Dig. 32, 51.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Hm-tful; offensive to the smell.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
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.