A. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms as used in this chapter shall be construed according to the definitions given below.
1. "Alcoholic liquor" means any spirits, wine, beer, ale, or other liquid containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume, which is fit for beverage purposes.
2. "Club" means 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, which conforms to the definition of a club in Chapter 43, Section 95.24 of the Illinois Revised Statutes.
3. "Malt beverage" means all beer, lager beer, ale, stout, porter and the like, which have an alcoholic content of not to exceed fifteen percent of alcohol by volume.
4. "Restaurant" means any public place kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public as a place where meals are served, and where meals are actually and regularly served without sleeping accommodations, such space being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity and having employed therein a sufficient number and kind of employees to prepare, cook and serve suitable food for its guests.
5. "Retail sale" means the sale for use or consumption and not for resale.
6. "Sale" means any transfer, exchange or barter in any manner or by any means, whatsoever, for a consideration and includes and means all sales made by any person, whether principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee.
7. "Vinous beverage" means any alcohol obtained by the fermentation of the natural contents of fruits or vegetables containing sugar, including such beverages when fortified by the addition of alcohol or spirits by the manufacturer, the alcoholic content of which shall not exceed twenty-one percent of alcohol by volume.
B. Any other terms used in this chapter shall be construed according to the definitions given in Chapter 43, Section 95 et seq. of the Illinois Revised Statutes.
(Prior code § 13.101).