Vegetable of a flowering plant. This is considerably different from the word's culinary meaning. While peaches, plums, and oranges are "fruit" in both senses, many items commonly called "vegetables", such as eggplants, bell peppers, and tomatoes, are botanically fruits. The question of whether the tomato is a fruit or a vegetable found its way into the United States Supreme Court in 1893. The court ruled unanimously in "Nix v. Hedden" that a tomato is correctly identified as, and thus taxed as, a vegetable, for the purposes of the Tariff of 1883 on imported produce. The court did acknowledge, however, that, botanically
Section 125 of the Constitution Act, 1867 to a taxation of the province's property. In addition, provincial authorities must still pay customs duties, because such charges are not strictly based on the taxation power. As noted in the "Johnnie Walker" case: Because of that, as noted in "Re Exported Natural Gas Tax": Section 125 of the Constitution Act, 1867 Section 125 of the Constitution Act, 1867 provides that: This affects the taxation powers of both levels of government, and has received a broad interpretation in the Canadian courts. Since the 1930 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in "Lawson v. Interior Tree Fruit and Vegetables Committee of Direction",