Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Intoxication
n. A diminished ability to act with full mental and physical capabilities because of alcohol or drug consumption; drunkenness. -intoxicate, vb.
culpable intoxication.
See voluntary intoxication.
involuntary intoxication
See INTOXICATION.
involuntary intoxication.
The ingestion of alcohol or drugs against one's will or without one's knowledge. ( Involuntary intoxication is an affirmative defense to a criminal or negligence charge.
pathological intoxication
See INTOXICATION.
pathological intoxication.
An extremely exaggerated response to an intoxicant. ( This may be treated as involuntary intoxication if it is unforeseeable.
public intoxication
See INTOXICATION.
public intoxication.
The appearance of a person who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol in a place open to the general public. ( In most American jurisdictions, public intoxication is considered a misdemeanor, and in some states, alcoholism is a defense if the offender agrees to attend a treatment program.
self-induced intoxication
See voluntary intoxication under INTOXICATION. self-insurance See INSURANCE-
self-induced intoxication.
See voluntary intoxication.
termed culpable intoxication
; self-induced intoxication.
voluntary intoxication
See INTOXICATION.
voluntary intoxication.
A willing ingestion of alcohol or drugs to the point of impairment done with the knowledge that one's physical and mental capabilities would be impaired. ( Voluntary intoxication is not a defense to a general-intent crime, but may be admitted to refute the existence of a particular state of mind for a specific-intent crime. - Also