drunk-o-meter

drunk-o-meter
An instrument to determine the intoxication or extent of intoxication by exposing the breath to chemicals, thereby determining the amount of alcohol in the system. Hill v State, 158 Tex Crim 313, 256 SW2d 93.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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