intoxicating liquor

intoxicating liquor
Any liquor used as a beverage, and which, when so used in sufficient quantities, ordinarily or commonly produces entire or partial intoxication. Any liquor intended for use as a beverage or capable of being so used, which contains alcohol, either obtained by fermentation or by the additional process of distillation, in such proportion that it will produce intoxication when imbibed in such quantities as may practically be drunk. Frisvold v. Leahy, 15 Cal.App.2d 752, 60 P.2d 151, 153.

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  • intoxicating liquor — A liquor intended for use as a beverage, or capable of being so used, which contains alcohol in such percent that it will produce intoxication when imbibed in quantities that practically may be drunk. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 4. A liquor which… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • intoxicating liquor — Any liquor used as a beverage, and which, when so used in sufficient quantities, ordinarily or commonly produces entire or partial intoxication. Any liquor intended for use as a beverage or capable of being so used, which contains alcohol, either …   Black's law dictionary

  • under the influence of intoxicating liquor — or drugs Phrase as used in statutes or ordinances prohibiting the operation of motor vehicle by a party under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs covers not only all well known and easily recognized conditions and degrees of… …   Black's law dictionary

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  • under the influence of intoxicating liquor — Affected by the taking of intoxicating liquor, irrespective of a specific degree of intoxication. 7 Am 32d Auto § 257 Intoxicated. 29A Am J Rev ed Ins § 1230. So affected by intoxicating liquor as not to have the full use of one s physical and… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • unlawful possession of intoxicating liquor — Maintaining custody or exercising the right of ownership, management, or control over intoxicating liquor when possession of such article is in violation of law. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 59 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • keeping intoxicating liquor — Within the meaning of liquor laws, keeping for sale or barter, except in the most sumptuary legislation forbidding possession for private or family use. Street v Lincoln Safe Deposit Co. 254 US 88, 65 L Ed 151, 41 S Ct 31, 10 ALR 1548, 1551 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • use of intoxicating liquor — Personal use as a beverage. An habitual or customary use, rather than an occasional or exceptional use. Anno: 26 ALR 1284 (expression appearing in application for life insurance). Within the meaning of the liquor law, the term includes the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • liquor — noun (esp. AmE) ADJECTIVE ▪ alcoholic (BrE), hard, intoxicating (BrE), strong ▪ I don t drink hard liquor any more. ▪ It is an offence to sell intoxicating liquor to anyone under the age of 18 …   Collocations dictionary

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