adulterated drug
A drug that does not have the strength, quality, or purity represented or expected.
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adulterine
adulterine ([schwa]-d[schwa]l-t[schwa]-rin), adj. 1. Characterized by adulteration. 2. Illegal; unli-censed. 3. Born of adultery. 4. Of or involving adultery. adulterine, n. Archaic. An illegitimate child.
incestuous adultery
Adultery between relatives; adultery committed by persons who are closely related. [Cases: Adultery 1; Incest 3. C.J.S. Adultery §§ 2–8; Incest§ 3.]
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adulterium
adulterium (ad-[schwa]l-teer-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman & civil law. 1. The crime of adultery. 2. A punishment imposed for the offense of adultery. “Adulterium…. [A]dultery … was considered a criminal offense only when committed by a married woman (adultera) …. [Before the Lex Julia de adulteriis coercendis of 18 B.C.], customary law admitted only immediate revenge
adulterate
adulterate ([schwa]-d[schwa]l-t[schwa]-rayt), vb. To debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance. [Cases: Adulteration 4. C.J.S. Adulteration §§ 2, 6–9.] — adulteration, n.
adulterine guild
adulterine guild. Hist. A group of traders who act like a corporation without a charter and who pay an annual fine for permission to exercise their usurped privileges.