Lat. In the civil law. Intestate; without a will. Calvin. … [Read more...]

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 … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil and old English law. An intestate; one who dies without a will. Dig. 50, 17, 7. Intestatus decedit, qui aut omnino testamentum non fecit ; aut non jure fecit; aut id quod fecerat ruptum irritumve factum est ; aut nemo ex eo haeres exstitit. A person dies intestate who either has made no testament at all or has made one not legally valid; or if the testament he … [Read more...]

The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the administration or introduction into the human system of a poison. But in its popular use this term is restricted to alcoholic intoxication, that is, drunkenness or inebriety, or the mental and physical condition induced by drinking excessive quantities of alcoholic liquors, and this "is its meaning as used in statutes, … [Read more...]

1. A close friendship. 2. Confidential relations. 3. Sexual intercourse between people who are not married to each other. … [Read more...]