alcohol

alcohol
A volatile, organic, limpid, colorless liquid, hot and pungent to the taste, having a slight, but not offensive scent. It has only one source, fermentation, and is extracted from its byproducts by distillation, its purity and strength depend on the degree of perfection or completeness of distillation and aging processes. It is the intoxicating element in spiritous, vinous, malt, and other intoxicating liquors, but pure alcohol is rarely used as a beverage, and some, but not all authorities, declare that pure alcohol is not an ardent or vinous spirit, or liquor of any kind, but a distinct thing used as an intoxicating basis of strong liquors. 30 Am J Rev ed. Intox L § 12.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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