liquor

the statutory definitions of 'liquor' in section 1 and 'articles' in section 4 of the National Prohibition Act are mutually exclusive: if the article to be manufactured is fit for use for beverage purposes, and therefore liquor, a permit under section 4 cannot be issued; and vice versa; by express and obvious enactment, permits to manufacture preparations unfit for beverage use are not permits to manufacture liquor within the expiration provision of section 6

This term, when used in statutes forbidding the sale of liquors, refers only to spirituous or intoxicating liquors. Brass v. State, 45 Fla. 1, 34 South. 307; State v. Brittain, 89 N. O. 576; People v. Crilley, 20 Barb. (N. Y.) 248. See Intoxicating Liquor; Spirituous Liquor.

— Liquor dealer. One who carries on the business of selling intoxicating liquors, either at wholesale or retail, and irrespective of whether the liquor sold is produced or manufactured by himself or by others; but there must be more than a single sale. See Timm v. Harrison, 109 111. 601; U. S. v. Alien (D. Cil 38 Fed. 738; Fincannon v. State, 93 Ga. 418, 21 S. E. 53; State v. Dow. 21 Vt. 484; Mansfield v. 'State, 17 Tex. App. 472.

— Liquor-shop. A house where spirituous liquors are kept and sold. Wooster v. State, 6 Baxt. (Tenn.) 534.

— Liquor tax certificate. Under the excise laws of New York, a certificate of payment of the tax imposed upon the business of liquorselling, entitling the . holder to carry on that business, and differing from the ordinary form of license in that it does not confer a mere personal privilege but creates a species of property which is transferable by the owner. See In re Lyman. 160 N. Y. 96, 54 N. E. 577; In re Cullinan, 82 App. Div. 445, 81 N. Y. Supp. 567.

In general, includes all spirituous, vinous, malt and fermented liquor, v. Intoxicating liquor; Spirituous liquor; Vinous liquor. Liquor sliop: a house in which spirituous liquors are kept and sold.

In a statute restricting the sale of liquors, should be understood to mean only spirituous or intoxicating liquor. State V. Townley, 18 N. J. L. 311, '321. "Liquors" commonly includes all that are spirituous, vinous, or inferior fermented, Liquor dealer. Selling an occasional drink out of a bottle is not carrying on the business of a retail liquor dealer. United States V. Jackson, 1 Hugh. 531.