Sections
General Provisions 369.010 – 369.176
Licenses 369.180 – 369.320
Excise Taxes 369.330 – 369.370
Suppliers, Importers and Permissible Persons 369.382 – 369.460
Shipments to Exempt Persons for Personal or Household Use 369.462 – 369.468
Wholesale Dealers and Retail Liquor Stores 369.470 – 369.489
Enforcement and Penalties 369.490 – 369.560
Alcoholic Beverage Awareness Programs 369.600 – 369.635

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 369 - Intoxicating Liquor: Licenses and Taxes

  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • beer: means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof, in water. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.010
  • brew pub: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 597. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.011
  • brewery: means an establishment which manufactures malt beverages but does not sell those malt beverages at retail. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.013
  • case of wine: means 12 bottles each containing 750 milliliters of wine or an amount equal to that volume of wine. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.015
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • craft distillery: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 597. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.019
  • Department: means the Department of Taxation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 360.001
  • Division: means the Division of Parole and Probation of the Department of Public Safety. See Nevada Revised Statutes 176.002
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Entity: means a foreign or domestic:

    (1) Corporation, whether or not for profit;

    (2) Limited-liability company;

    (3) Limited partnership; or

    (4) Business trust. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010

  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • importer: means any person who, in the case of liquors which are brewed, fermented or produced outside the State, is first in possession thereof within the State after completion of the act of importation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.030
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • instructional wine-making facility: means an instructional wine-making facility operated pursuant to NRS 597. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.035
  • Irrevocable trust: A trust arrangement that cannot be revoked, rescinded, or repealed by the grantor.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • liquor: means beer, wine, gin, whiskey, cordials, ethyl alcohol or rum, and every liquid containing one-half of 1 percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is used for beverage purposes. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.040
  • Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
  • malt beverage: has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 597. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.045
  • Marital deduction: The deduction(s) that can be taken in the determination of gift and estate tax liabilities because of the existence of a marriage or marital relationship.
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • original package: means any container or receptacle first used for holding liquor, which container or receptacle is sealed. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.050
  • Outlays: Outlays are payments made (generally through the issuance of checks or disbursement of cash) to liquidate obligations. Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • permissible person: means any duly ordained minister who uses liquor for sacramental purposes, any doctor, apothecary or pharmaceutist who uses alcohol for or in compounding medicine, or the representative of any school, university, hospital, clinic or industrial concern where liquor is used and needed for industrial purposes and not for concocting beverages for drink. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.070
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Principal office: means the office, in or out of this State, where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Publicly traded corporation: means a domestic corporation that has a class or series of voting shares which is:

    (1) A covered security under section 18(b)(1)(A) or (B) of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010

  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Receiver: includes receivers and trustees appointed by a court as provided in this chapter or in chapter 32 of NRS. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010
  • Registered office: means the office maintained at the street address of the registered agent. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010
  • retail liquor store: means an establishment where beers, wines and liquors, in original packages or by the drink, are sold to a consumer. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.090
  • Securities Exchange Act: means the Act of Congress known as the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 15 U. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010
  • Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Stockholder of record: means a person whose name appears on the stock ledger of the corporation as the owner of record of shares of any class or series of the stock of the corporation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010
  • supplier: means , with respect to liquor which is brewed, distilled, fermented, manufactured, rectified, produced or bottled:

    1. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.111

  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • to sell: means and includes any of the following:

    1. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.100

  • Voting shares: means shares of stock of a corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. See Nevada Revised Statutes 78.010
  • wholesaler: means a person licensed to sell liquor as it is originally packaged to retail liquor stores or to another licensed wholesaler, or to transfer malt beverages and wine to an estate distillery pursuant to NRS 597. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.130
  • wine: means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of fruits or other agricultural products containing sugar. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.140