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HABITUAL DRUNKARD. A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of intoxicating drink, who has lost the power or the will, by frequent indulgence, to control his appetite for it. 2.
One who has the habit of indulging in intoxicating liquors so firmly fixed that he becomes intoxicated as often as the temptation is presented by his being in the vicinity where liquors are sold is an “habitual drunkard,” within the meaning of the divorce law.
Although this general concept does not construe the "habitual drunkard" provision, it reinforces the idea of the general purpose of the statute, and the need for a case-by-case determination. Consistent with this approach, courts have declined to find a lack of good moral character based on isolated alcohol-related conduct.
Find the legal definition of HABITUAL DRUNKARD from Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition. A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of intoxicatingdrink, who has lost the i>ower or the will, by frequent indulgence, to controlhis appetite...
31 paź 2023 · A social drinker who is not addicted to alcohol and does not drink to the point of getting into trouble with the law is not likely to be considered a "habitual drunkard" by USCIS, and thus should not be barred from U.S. citizenship on good moral character grounds.
An habitual drunkard within the divorce statutes is one who, by frequent, periodic indulgence in liquor to excess, has lost the power or desire to resist alcoholic opportunity with the result that intoxication
Habitual drunkenness refers to frequent and repeated intoxication by excessive indulgence in intoxicating liquor. It is the excess consumption of alcoholic beverages despite physical, mental, social, or economic harm.
