Any person who has an addiction to alcohol of any sort.

any drink that contains alcohol and includes wine, beer, spirits and liqueurs.

In medical jurisprudence . The pathological effect (as distinguished from physiological effect) of excessive indulgence in intoxicating liquors. It is acute when induced by excessive potations at one time or […]

A chemical compound that has carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. They can be solid, liquid, or insoluable. They are used to sell as liquor or as a cleaner. Ethyl alcohol is […]

the apparatus that is used to calculate the amount of alcohol that has been consumed. It is used by police to see if a person has been drinking and is […]

A judicial or administrative magistrate . Originally the word was synonymous with “elder,” but was also used to designate an earl, and even a king. In English law . An […]

Alderman of a city or borough, from which the modern oilice of alderman has been derived. T. liaym. 435, 437.

L. Lat. An alderman, q. v.

The alderman of the county. According to Spelman, he held an office intermediate between that of an earl and a sheriff. According to other authorities , he was the same […]

Alderman of a hundred or wapentake. Spelman.

Alderman of all England. An officer among the Anglo-Saxons, supposed by Spelman to be the same with the chief justiciary of England in later times. Spelman.

A rent or tribute paid annually to the lord mayor of London, by those who sell ale within the liberty of the city.

In old English law . An officer appointed by the court-leet, sworn to look to the assise and goodness of ale and beer within the precincts of the leet. Kitch. […]

A place where ale is sold to be drunk on the premises where sold.

A maypole or long stake driven into the ground, with a sign on it for the sale of ale. Cowell.

Lat. In the civil law . A game of chance or hazard. Dig. 11, 5, 1. See Cod. 3, 43. The chance of gain or loss in a contract

Lat. (From alca, q. v.) In the civil law . A gamester; one who plays at games of hazard. Dig. 11, 0; Cod. 3, 43.

A mutual agreement, of which the effects, with respect both to the advantages and losses, whether to all the parties or to some of them, depend on an uncertain event. […]

L. Fr. In old practice. To be dismissed from court; to go quit Literally, “to go to God.”

In old practice, a phrase used to indicate the final dismissal of a case from court without continuance . “To go without day .”

A warnig that suggests a dangerous level has been reached, an accident or disaster has occured, or normal events will be interupted due to repairs and uncontrollable events.

Fr. In French feudal law. An allodial estate, as distinguished from a feudal estate or benefice.

A cauldron into which boiling water was poured, in which a criminal plunged his arm up to the elbow, and there held it for some time, as an ordeal. Du […]

Probably a corruption of Laganum maris, lagan being a right, in the middle ages, like jetsam and flotsam, by which goods thrown from a vessel in distress became the property […]

Span. In Spanish law. Property. White, Nov. Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3.