Legal Definition and Related Resources of Intoxication

In strict sense, the condition or state of being poisoned. However, the most popular and prevalent meaning is the condition induced by excessive drinking of alcohol. Intoxication can be of various degrees. Within penal statutes relating to the offense of public intoxication, the term means impairment of a man’s capacity to think or act correctly and or a loss, in part, of control of his physical and mental faculties due to ingestion of alcohol. See People v Williams, 215 N. Y.S.2d841, 28 Misc.2d 691. In relation to disqualification of employees from benefits under the U nemployment Compensation law, the term has been interpreted to comprehend not only the easily recognized manifestations of excessive drinking but also any abnormal mental or physical condition from overindulgence which deprives an employee of the clarity of intellect or muscular control necessary for the proper performance of his work. See Hassen v Unemployment Compensation board of review , 150 A.2d 158, 189 Pa. Super.386.

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Intoxicating substance treatment requirement in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of intoxicating substance treatment requirement.

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This term is a noun.

Etimology of Intoxication

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c. 1400, intoxigacion “poisoning, administration of poison,” from Medieval Latin intoxicationem (nominative intoxicatio) “a poisoning,” noun of action from past participle stem of intoxicare “to poison” (see intoxicate). Meaning “state of inebriation” is from 1640s.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• intoxicating substance treatment requirement in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• intoxicating substance treatment requirement in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Intoxication in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of intoxication.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• intoxication in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• intoxication in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis