Delirium tremens
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Delirium brought about by continued and excessive intoxication. See 31 Tex. Cr. Rep. 318, 37 Am. St. Rep. 811, 18 L. R. A. 421, 20 S. W. 744.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A disorder of the nervous system, involving the brain and setting up an attack of temporary delusional insanity, sometimes attended with violent excitement or mania, caused by excessive and long continued indulgence in alcoholic liquors or by the abrupt cessation of such use after a protracted debauch. See Insanity.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A species of mental aberration or temporary insanity which is induced by the excessive and protracted use of intoxicating liquors.