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bottle

Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Anderson (1889)

United States Code

27 U.S.C. § 211 — as used in this subchapter

The term “bottle” means any container, irrespective of the material from which made, for use for the sale of distilled spirits, wine, or malt beverages at retail.

27 U.S.C. § 214 — as used in this subchapter

The term “bottle” means to fill a container with an alcoholic beverage and to seal such container.

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A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Leakage; Seal, 5. A demijohn holding four gallons is not a " bottle " within the meaning of a statute requiring Imported liquors to be put up in packages of not less than one dozen bottles each.'' An indictment for the larceny of " bottles " of liquor was held not sustained by proof of the larceny of liquor in bottles belonging to the accused, into which he had drawn the liquor. '