Ardent Spirits
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Spirituous or distilled liquors.
Sarlls v. U. S., 152 U. S. 570, 14 Sup. Ct. 720, 38 In Ed. 556; U. S. v. Ellis (D. C.) 51 Fed. 808; State v. Townley, 18 N. J. Law, 311.
This phrase, in a statute, does not include alcohol, which is not a liquor of any kind.
State v. Martin, 34 Ark. 340.