For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. Any spirits, wine, beer, ale or other liquid containing more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
CLUB. A corporation organized under the laws of this state, not for pecuniary profit, solely for the promotion of some common object other than the sale or consumption of alcoholic liquors, kept, used and maintained by its members through the payment of annual dues, and owning, hiring or leasing a building or space in a building of such extent and character as may be suitable and adequate for the reasonable and comfortable use and accommodation of its members and their guests, and provided with suitable and adequate kitchen and dining room space and equipment, and maintaining a sufficient number of servants and employees for cooking, preparing and serving food and meals for its members and their guests; and, provided further that, its affairs and management are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee or similar body chosen by the members at their annual meeting and that no member or any other officer, agent, or employee of the club is paid, or directly or indirectly receives, in the form of salary or other compensation, any profits from the distribution or sale of alcoholic liquor to the club or
the members of the club or its guests introduced by members, beyond the amount of such salary as may be fixed and voted at any annual meeting by the members or by its board of directors or other governing body out of the general revenue of the club.
INTENTIONAL CONDUCT. Conduct engaged in by a person with the conscious objective to accomplish that result or engage in that conduct.
KNOWING CONDUCT. Conduct engaged in by a person when he or she is consciously aware of the nature or attendant circumstances of his or her conduct which constitutes an offense under this section.
LEGAL GUARDIAN. Any foster parent, person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor by a circuit court of this state, or person appointed guardian or given custody of a minor under the State Juvenile Court Act, being 705 ILCS 405/1-1 et seq., not including any person appointed guardian only to the estate of a minor.
MINOR. Any person over seven years of age, but not yet 21 years of age.
NEGLIGENCE. Conduct engaged in by a person where such person fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a result will follow which constitutes an offense under this section and where such failure constitutes a substantial deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
PARENTS. The father and mother of a minor child, whether by birth or adoption, or the parent having legal custody of the minor in the event the parents are divorced or separated. The term PARENT, as used in this section, shall also be deemed to mean LEGAL GUARDIAN.
RECKLESS CONDUCT. Conduct engaged in by a person in conscious disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a result will follow which constitutes an offense under this section and where such disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
RETAIL SALE. The sale for use or consumption and not for resale.