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