dram-shop liability. Civil liability of a commercial seller of alcoholic beverages for personal injury caused by an intoxicated customer. • Claims based on a similar type of liability have been brought against private citizens for personal injury caused by an intoxicated social guest. [Cases: Intoxicating Liquors 282–324. C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors §§ 428–463.]
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dram shop. Archaic. A place where alcoholic beverages are sold; a bar or saloon. — Also spelled dram-shop; dramshop. — Also termed grog-shop; drinking shop.
Dram Shop Acts 〈美〉《酒类供应商责任法》 美国许多州制定的一种民事责任法。这种法律一般规定，酒店业主应对在其酒店买酒并喝醉者给第三人造成的人身或财产损害负责。有些州法中的酒类包括啤酒，有些州法不包括，有些州法除适用于出售酒类外也适用于以酒作礼品的场合。这些法律所规定的责任不仅及于醉酒者直接造成第三人的人身伤害及财产损失，还及于第三人因受伤害而致家庭失却的抚养和赡养。 (→Civil Damage Acts)
dram-shop act. A statute allowing a plaintiff to recover damages from a commercial seller of alcoholic beverages for the plaintiff’s injuries caused by a customer’s intoxication. — Also termed civil-liability act; civil-damage law. [Cases: Intoxicating Liquors 282–324. C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors §§ 428–463.] “Largely at the behest of the temperance movement, statutes (called ‘dram shop acts’)
A statute allowing a plaintiff to recover damages from a commercial seller of alcoholic beverages for the plaintiff’s injuries caused by a customer’s intoxication. — Also termed civil-liability act; civil-damage law. [Cases: Intoxicating Liquors 282–324. C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors §§ 428–463.]
Civil Damage Acts 〈美〉《民事损害法》 规定人身或其财产受到醉酒者的损害的人有权起诉向醉酒者提供或出售酒类饮料的人的制定法。 (→Dram Shop Acts)
in consequence of intoxication 因为醉酒的缘故 酒店〔dramshop〕法或民事损害法中的条款，意即醉酒是造成损害的近因〔proximate cause〕，或至少是促成原因〔contributory cause〕。
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Any crime involving the inappropriate use or sale of intoxicating liquor. See DRAM-SHOP LIABILITY; DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. [Cases: Intoxicating Liquors 131–176. C.J.S. Intoxicating Liquors §§ 2–20, 222, 237–288.]