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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.