Drunkenness is the state of being drunk or overpowered by alcoholic liquor, or the habit of indulging in intoxication. A similar condition may be produced by numerous agents, but the term is always applied to the act or habit of drinking alcoholics to excess. Formerly, at the start of the 20th century, by the law of Britain drunkenness was an offence against the public economy, and those found drunk were liable to be fined or imprisonment. Drunkenness is no excuse for any crime, but it renders a contract invalid if either of the parties was in a state of complete drunkenness when the contract was signed. Research Drunkenness
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