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dry-hole agreement.Oil & gas. A support agreement in which the contributing party agrees to make a cash contribution to the drilling party in exchange for geological or drilling information if the well drilled is unproductive. See SUPPORT AGREEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

dry  hole.Oil  &  gas.  An  oil  or  gas  well  that  is  incapable  of  producing  enough  minerals  to justify the cost of completing it and putting it into production. [Blacks Law 8th]

dry  exchange.Something  that  pretends to  pass  on  both  sides  of  a  transaction,  but passes on only one side. “Dry exchange … seems to be a subtil term invented to disguise usury, in which something is pretended to  pass  on both sides, whereas in truth nothing  passes on  the  one side.”  Termes de la Ley 185…

dry check.See bad check under CHECK. [Blacks Law 8th]

dry,adj.1.  Free  from  moisture;  desiccated  <dry  land>.2.  Unfruitful;  destitute  of  profitable interest;  nominal  <a  dry  trust>.3.  (Of  a  jurisdiction)  prohibiting  the  sale  or  use  of  alcoholic beverages <a  dry  county>.  [Cases:  Intoxicating  Liquors    24–43.  C.J.S.  Intoxicating  Liquors  §§ 49–89.][Blacks Law 8th]  

drunkometer (dr<<schwa>>ng-kom-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r). See BREATHALYZER. [Blacks Law 8th]

drunkenness. 1.  A  state  of  intoxication; inebriation; the  condition  resulting  from  a  person’s ingestion  of  excessive  amounts  of  intoxicating  liquors  sufficient  to  affect  the  person’s  normal capacity  for  rational  thought  and  conduct.  2.  A  habitual  state  of  intoxication.  [Cases:  Chemical Dependents    1. C.J.S. Chemical Dependents §§ 2–3.] excessive drunkenness.A state of drunkenness in which a…

drunk driving.See DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. [Blacks Law 8th]

drunkard. 1. A person who consumes intoxicating substances frequently and excessively; esp., one who is habitually or often intoxicated. 2. An alcoholic. • This term may also be used to refer to a  drug  addict.  —  Also  termed  habitual  drunkard.  [Cases:  Chemical  Dependents    1.  C.J.S. Chemical Dependents §§ 2–3.] [Blacks Law 8th]

drunk,adj.  Intoxicated;  (of  a  person)  under  the  influence  of  intoxicating  liquor  to  such  a degree that the normal capacity for rational thought and conduct is impaired. [Blacks Law 8th]