Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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drunkenness — That state or condition of a person which inevitably follows from taking excessive quantities of an intoxicant, meaning to some men the condition of being under the influence of an intoxicant to such an extent as to render one helpless, to others … Ballentine's law dictionary
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