The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
BEER: Any beverage obtained by alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or decoction of barley, malt or hops, or of any other similar products in drinkable water containing not more than four percent (4%) of alcohol by weight.
BOARD: The liquor control board of the state, which is officially designated as the Montana liquor control board.
LIQUOR OR LIQUORS: Any alcoholic, spirituous, vinous, fermented, malt or other liquor which contains more than one percent (1%) alcohol by weight, but shall not mean or include "beer" as that term is defined in this section.
RETAILER: Any person, club, association, fraternal organization, partnership, or any other kind of organization, engaged in the sale and distribution of either liquor, beer and/or wine, either on draught or in bottles or cans.
SALE OR SELL: Include exchange, barter, and traffic. These terms also include the selling or supplying or distributing, by any means whatsoever, of liquor or of any liquid known or described as beer or nearbeer and/or wine, or by any name whatever commonly used to describe malt or brewed liquor, by any partnership or by any society, association, or club, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and whether heretofore, or hereafter formed or unincorporated, to any person, partnership, society, association or club or to any member thereof. (1977 Code § 5.36.010; amd. 2000 Code)