The state of being poisoned; the condition produced by the ad- ministration 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 liq- uors, and this is its meaning as used in statutes, indictments, etc. See Sapp v. State, 110 Ga. 182, 42 S. E. 410; State v. Pierce, 05 Iowa, 85, 21 N. W. 195; Wadsworth v. Dunnam, 98 Ala. 010, 13 South. 590; Ring v. Ring, 112 Ga. S54, 38 S. E. 330; State v. Kelley, 47 Vt. 200; Com. v. Whitney, 11 Cush. (Mass.) 477.
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