1. A state of intoxication; inebriation; the condition resulting from a person’s ingestion of excessive amounts of intoxicating liquors sufficient to affect the person’s normal capacity for rational thought and conduct.
2. A habitual state of intoxication. [Cases: Chemical Dependents
1. C.J.S. Chemical Dependents §§ 2–3.]
excessive drunkenness. A state of drunkenness in which a person is so far deprived of reason and understanding that he or she is incapable of understanding the character and consequences of an act.
