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Called a media pinta in Spanish or naggin in Ireland. [16] Called a "junior mickey" or a “flat” in Canada. Demi: 11.8 US fl oz: 12.3 imp fl oz: 350 mL: A half-sized EU T2L Standard Liquor Bottle, considered a European metric "pint". Shoulder: 11.8 US fl oz: 12.3 imp fl oz: 350 mL: A flask-style bottle with rounded shoulders.
The 1963 act formalized the legal measures by which spirits and other alcoholic beverages should be dispensed, namely 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 5 or 1 ⁄ 6 gill (36, 28 or 24 ml), but this was replaced in 1985 when 25 ml or 35 ml were permitted. [5]
The bill gave regulatory power to the OLCC over hotels, restaurants and private clubs where liquor was served. Lobbyists then succeeded in having the bill referred to the voters in 1940. Voters passed the bill in 1940. [18] In 1944, the "Burke Bill" became law: wines with more than 14% alcohol could only be sold by Commission stores and agencies.
Liquor and wine can only be bought in liquor stores. But no establishment can serve or sell any alcohol between 4:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday mornings. As marijuana becomes more widely ...
Oregon Ballot Mesure 7 (1940) was an initiative proposed for the general election on the November 5, 1940, ballot to repeal the present liquor law, and allow private sales, with regulation and tax. The official ballot title states its intention as "BILL REPEALING PRESENT LIQUOR LAW; AUTHORIZING PRIVATE SALE, LICENSED, TAXED."
No. 5/1944 – Military Service Pensions (Amendment) Act 1944; No. 6/1944 – Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1944; No. 7/1944 – Seeds and Fertilisers Supply Act 1944; No. 8/1944 – Constitution (Verification of Petition) Act 1944; No. 9/1944 – Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 1944; No. 10/1944 – Midwives Act 1944; No. 11/1944 – Central ...
Under the state of New York's Mullan–Gage Act, a short-lived local version of the Volstead Act, the first 4,000 arrests led to just six convictions and not one jail sentence". [25] While the production, transport and sale of intoxicating liquor was illegal, their purchase was ruled legal in United States v. Norris. [26] [27]
The War Measures Act of 1917 included National Prohibition. [6] The War Measures Act expired in 1918 and prohibition ended in Quebec, but not elsewhere. [8] The federal bans on manufacture and sale of alcohol were dropped soon after the war ended, and in the 1920s most provinces replaced prohibition laws with laws regulating sale of alcohol.