public intoxication

See also: public-intoxication

English

Noun

public intoxication (uncountable)

1. (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.