Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes > Chapter 369 > General Provisions

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• beer: means any beverage obtained by the alcoholic fermentation of any infusion or decoction of barley, malt, hops, or any other similar product, or any combination thereof, in water. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.010
• brew pub: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 369.011
• brewery: means an establishment which manufactures malt beverages but does not sell those malt beverages at retail. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.013
• county: includes Carson City. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.033
• craft distillery: has the meaning ascribed to it in Nevada Revised Statutes 369.019
• importer: means any person who, in the case of liquors which are brewed, fermented or produced outside the State, is first in possession thereof within the State after completion of the act of importation. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.030
• instructional wine-making facility: means an instructional wine-making facility operated pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 369.035
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• liquor: means beer, wine, gin, whiskey, cordials, ethyl alcohol or rum, and every liquid containing one-half of 1 percent or more of alcohol by volume and which is used for beverage purposes. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.040
• person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
• supplier: means , with respect to liquor which is brewed, distilled, fermented, manufactured, rectified, produced or bottled:

  1. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.111

• to sell: means and includes any of the following:

  1. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.100

• wholesaler: means a person licensed to sell liquor as it is originally packaged to retail liquor stores or to another licensed wholesaler, or to transfer malt beverages and wine to an estate distillery pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 369.130
• wine: means any alcoholic beverage obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of fruits or other agricultural products containing sugar. See Nevada Revised Statutes 369.140