Even his contemporaries suspected that he had been administered poison and that that was the cause of death.
What opportunities and means had the accused for administering poison?
You mean, could I have administered poison to Sir Thomas?
'And whom did he suspect of administering poison?'
But after the Moamoria rebels achieved success, they treacherously murdered him, by administering poison on his food.
The Poisoners (2001) Doctors abuse their positions of trust to administer poison to their victims.
His death is depicted as an act of euthanasia by his mother, who administers poison via the child's ear.
Singh was also acquitted of administering poison to her ex-lover's food on a previous occasion.
But the early lawyers extended this to killing by, e.g., actually administering poison.
The line between actually administering poison and merely facilitating the taking might be rather fine.