ALCOHOL SERVSAFE QUIZLET
1. criminal liability: being held responsible for committing
a crime (laws often created and enforced by states,
counties, cities, towns and villages)
2. civil liability: being held responsible for payment of
damages for injuring a person
3. dram shop laws: las that allow an establishments owners
and employees to be sued by someone injured by a guest
who had been drinking alcohol at the establishment
4. liquor authority: state or municipal agency that enforces
alcohol regulations and licensing laws
5. municipality: city, town, county or village
6. blood alcohol content: amount of alcohol that has been
absorbed into the bloodstream
7. small intestine: organ from which most alcohol is
absorbed into the blood stream
8. liver: organ responsible for breaking down alcohol in the
body, one drink per hour
1. criminal liability: being held responsible for committing
a crime (laws often created and enforced by states,
counties, cities, towns and villages)
2. civil liability: being held responsible for payment of
damages for injuring a person
3. dram shop laws: las that allow an establishments owners
and employees to be sued by someone injured by a guest
who had been drinking alcohol at the establishment
4. liquor authority: state or municipal agency that enforces
alcohol regulations and licensing laws
5. municipality: city, town, county or village
6. blood alcohol content: amount of alcohol that has been
absorbed into the bloodstream
7. small intestine: organ from which most alcohol is
absorbed into the blood stream
8. liver: organ responsible for breaking down alcohol in the
body, one drink per hour
