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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

19.01.010 Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter:

(a) "Alcoholic beverages" shall mean any liquid suitable for drinking by human beings, which 'contains one-half (1/2) of one percent (1%) or more of alcohol by volume.

(b) "Beer" shall mean any malt beverage containing more than one-half (1/2) of one percent of alcohol by volume.

(c) "Liquor" shall mean any alcoholic beverage except beer.

(d) "Person" shall mean and include any individual, firm, corporation, association, club, co-partnership, society, or any other organization; and shall include the singular and the plural.

(e) "Sale" and "sell" shall mean all manner or means of furnishing alcoholic beverages, including the selling, exchange, barter, dispensation of, and keeping for sale of such alcoholic beverages.

(f) "Package" and "original package" shall mean and include any container or receptacle containing an alcoholic beverage, which container or receptacle is corked or sealed by the manufacturer thereof and which cork or seal has not been removed or broken prior to the sale of such package to the purchaser.

(g) "Club" or "lodge" shall include any corporation or association organized for civic, fraternal, social or business purposes, or the promotion of sports, which has at least two hundred (200) members at the time of application for license.

(h) "Retail sale" shall mean the sale of alcoholic beverages for use or consumption and not for resale.

(i) "Off-sale" shall mean the sale of alcoholic beverages in original packages for consumption off or away from the premises where sold, and an off-sale license shall authorize the person named therein to conduct such off-sales only at the place designated in such license, and not elsewhere, and shall not permit the opening of the package sold on the premises where sold. Such sale must in each case be completed by delivery of the liquor sold to the actual purchaser thereof on the licensed premises.

(j) "On-sale" shall mean the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption only on the premises where sold, and an on-sale license shall authorize the licensee to conduct such on-sales only at the place designated in such license, and not elsewhere.

(k) "Specialty License" shall mean a food establishment selling tap beer and/or wine.