Saloon

A place of refreshment.

Kitson v. Mayor of Ann Arbor, 26 Mich. 325.

An apartment for a specified public use.

Clinton v. Grusendorf, 80 la. 117, 45 N. W. 408; Ex parte Livingstone, 20 Nev. 282, 21 Pac. 322.

In common parlance, the word Is used to designate a place where intoxicating liquors are sold, and this restricted meaning may be given to saloons, where the context or other circumstances requires it; Mc Dougall v. Giacomini, 13 Neb. 434, 14 N. W. 150; Dewar v. People, 40 Mich. 401, 29 Am. Rep. 545; Cahill v. Campbell, 105 Mass. 40; but it does not necessarily import a place where liquors are sold; Kitson v. Mayor of Ann Arbor, 26 Mich. 328; Early v. State, 23 Tex. App. 364, 5 S. W. 122. The word has a much broader meaning than dram shop. To constitute a saloon it is not necessary that ardent spirits should be offered for sale and that it should be a business requiring a license under the revenue laws of the state; Snow v. State, 50 Ark. 561, 9 S. W. 306.

See Liquob Laws.