intoxicating liquor

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 contains alcohol capable of producing intoxication when taken into the stomach in such quantities as the stomach may reasonably contain. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 4. Liquors defined by statute as "intoxicating," regardless of their alcoholic content or intoxicating quality. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 6. See alcoholic beverage; alcoholic liquor; sale of intoxicating liquor.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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