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Shebeen

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Shebeen any house, shop, room premises or place in which spirits, wine, beer, etc., are trafficked in by retail without a certificate and excise licence in that behalf: Public Houses Acts Amendment (Scotland) Act, 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 35), s. 37. By s. 19 of that Act any person found drinking in a shebeen may be apprehended and fined up to ten shillings.

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