public intoxication
See also: public-intoxication
English
Noun
public intoxication (uncountable)
- (law) The criminal offence of being drunk in a public place.
- 1973, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act (page 3)
- […] they urged State governments to adopt new comprehensive legislation in which alcoholism would be viewed as an illness and public intoxication would no longer be handled as a criminal offense.
- 1973, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act (page 3)