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Intemperance

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Habitual intemperance is that degree of intemperance from the use of intoxicating drinks which disqualifies the person a great portion of the time from properly attending to business or which would reasonably inflict a course of great mental anguish upon an innocent party.

Civ. Co.de Cal. § 106. And sce Mowry v. Home L. Ins. Co., 9 R. I. 355; Zeigler v. Co.m. (Pat) 14 Atl. 238; Tatum v. State, 63 Ala. 149; Elkins v. Buschner (Pat) 16 Atl. 104.