DRUNKENNESS

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 person is so far deprived of reason

and understanding that he or she is incapable of understanding the character and consequences of

an act. [Blacks Law 8th]