operating motor vehicle while intoxicated
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Driving while intoxicated. Controlling the operation of the vehicle in any respect, such as starting the motor, while intoxicated. 7 Am J2d Auto § 256.
Some of the cases arising under statute prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition hold that in order to constitute an operation, it is necessary for the vehicle to be in motion. Anno: 47 ALR2d 577, § 4[d].
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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