For purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
(A) ALCOHOL. The product of distillation of any fermented liquid, whether rectified or diluted, whatever may be the origin thereof, and includes synthetic ethyl alcohol. It does not include denatured alcohol or wood alcohol.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.01)
(B) ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR. Includes alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, and every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer, and capable of being consumed as a beverage by a human being. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to alcohol used in the manufacture of denatured alcohol produced in accordance with Acts of Congress and regulations promulgated thereunder, nor to any liquid or solid containing 1/2 of 1%, or less, of alcohol by volume. No tax provided for in ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 8-1 shall apply to wine intended for use and used by any church or religious organization for sacramental purposes, provided that the wine shall be purchased from a licensed manufacturer or importing distributor under this chapter.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.05)
(C) BEER. A beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of an infusion or concoction of barley, or other grain, malt, and hops in water, and includes, among other things, beer, ale, stout, lager beer, porter and the like.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.04)
(D) BOWLING ALLEY. Every establishment or building, or part of an establishment or building, as the case may be, wherein the game of bowling, played with composition balls and ten wooden pins, is played.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.26)
(E) 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; provided, that such club files with the local liquor control commissioner at the time of its application for a license under this chapter 2 copies of a list of names and residences of its members, and similarly files within 10 days of the election of any additional member his name and address; 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 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.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.24)
(F) HOTEL. Every building or other structure kept, used, maintained, advertised and held out to the public to be a place where food is actually served and consumed and sleeping accommodations are offered for adequate pay to travelers and guests, whether transient, permanent or residential, in which 25 or more rooms are used for the sleeping accommodations of such guests and having one or more public dining rooms where meals are served to such guests, such sleeping accommodations and dining rooms being conducted in the same building or buildings in connection therewith and such building or buildings, structure or structures being provided with adequate and sanitary kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 1-3.25)
(G) LICENSEE. An individual or corporation licensed by the city or the state to sell alcoholic beverages.
(Ord. 87-47, passed 11-17-87)
(H) ORIGINAL PACKAGE. Any bottle, flask, jug, can, cask, barrel, keg, hogshead or other receptacle or container, whatsoever, used, corked or capped, sealed and labeled by the manufacturer of alcoholic liquor, to contain and to convey any alcoholic liquor.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 1-3.06)
(I) RESTAURANT. 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.
(J) RETAILER. A person who sells, or offers for sale, alcoholic liquor for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.17)
(K) SALE. Any transfer, exchange, or barter in any manner, or by any means whatsoever, including the transfer of alcoholic liquors by and through the transfer or negotiation of warehouse receipts or certificates, and includes and means all sales made by any person, whether principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee. Includes any transfer of alcoholic liquor from a foreign importer's license to an importing distributor's license even if both licenses are held by the same person.
(ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 1-3.21)
(L) SELL AT RETAIL and SALE AT RETAIL. Sales for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.18)
(M) SPIRITS. Any beverage which contains alcohol obtained by distillation, mixed with water or other substance in solution, and includes brandy, rum, whiskey, gin, or other spirituous liquors, and such liquors when rectified, blended or otherwise mixed with alcohol or other substances.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.02)
(N) STATE COMMISSION. The Illinois Liquor Control Commission.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.20)
(O) TO SELL. To keep or expose for sale and to keep with intent to sell.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.20)
(P) WINE. Any alcoholic beverage 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, as above defined.
(ILCS Ch. 235, Act 5, § 1-3.03)