DUI Glossary
In this DUI Glossary, you will find the definition of many terms related to DUI and DWI law. You can search for the DUI phrase in the search box below or browse them in the alphabetical listings. The DUI information is continually updated, so visit us often for the latest in drunk driving and DWI news.
Learn the differences between the chemical tests used for measuring a DUI; such as breathalyzers, preliminary breath tests, blood tests, and urine tests. Get a better legal understanding with DUI terms like drivers license suspension, happy hour laws, Per se law, sentencing, and DUI Penalties. Do you know why age, medical conditions, weight and gender, are all huge factors in how the body metabolizes alcohol? Get your answers in the DUI Glossary today!
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- Absorption Rate
- Acetone
- Administrative License Revocation
- Administrative License Revocation Hearing
- Administrative License Suspension
- Administrative Per se (APS)
- Aggravating Factors
- Alcohol Concentration
- Alcohol Education Program
- Alcohol Equivalence
- Alcohol Gaze Nystagmus (AGN)
- Arraignment
- Attorney General
- Beyond Reasonable Doubt
- Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
- Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Calculator
- Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)
- Blood Test
- Breath Test
- Breathalyzer
- Burn Off
- Caloric Nystagmus
- Chemical Dependency Evaluation (CD)
- Chemical Dependency Treatment
- Chemical Test
- Commercial Vehicle
- Community Work Service
- Conditional License
- Criminal Defense Attorney
- Department of Motor Vehicles
- Department of Public Safety
- Dismissal
- District Court
- Diversion
- Dram Shop Liability
- Driver Responsibility Tax
- Driver's License Record
- Drivers License Suspension
- Driving
- Driving Under The Influence (DUI)
- Driving Under The Influence of Liquor (DUIL)
- Driving While Impaired (DWI)
- Driving While Under The Influence (DWUI)
- Driving While Under The Influence of Intoxicants (DUII)
- Drunk Driving
- Due Process
- DUI Impairment
- DUI Lawyer
- DUI School
- DUID (Driving Under The Influence of Drugs)
- DWI Assault
- DWI Manslaughter
- DWI With a Minor
- Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM)
- Elements of a Crime
- Enhancements
- Epileptic Nystagmus
- Expungement
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
- Felony DUI
- Field Sobriety Test
- Fixation
- FST (See Also Field Sobriety Test)
- Gaze Nystagmus
- Gross Misdemeanor
- Habitual Offender
- Happy Hour Laws
- Hardship License
- High BAC (High Blood Alcohol Concentration)
- Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN)
- Ignition Interlock Device
- Impairment
- Implied Consent
- Implied Consent Advisory (MNICA or ICA)
- Implied Consent Hearing
- Infrared Absorption
- Intoxication
- Intoxication Assault
- Intoxilyzer 5000 Breath Test Machine
- Jerk Nystagmus
- Judge
- Legal Limit
- License Plate Impoundment
- Limited License (See Also Hardship License)
- MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
- Minimum Drinking Age
- Miranda Rights
- Misdemeanor DUI
- Motions
- Motors Vehicle Department (See Also Department of Motor Vehicles)
- National College of DUI Defense
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- Natural Nystagmus
- Not Guilty
- Nystagmus
- Oculomotor Nerve
- Odor of Alcohol on The Breath
- OMVI
- One-Leg-Stand Test
- Open Container Laws
- Optokinetic Nystagmus (OKN)
- Oscillate
- OUI (Operating Under The Influence)
- OUIL (Operating Under The Influence of Liquor)
- OWI (Operating While Under The Influence)
- PAS Test (Preliminary Alcohol Screening)
- Pathological Nystagmus
- Penalties For DUI
- Pendular Nystagmus
- Per Se Law
- Petition For Judicial Review/Determination
- Positional Alcohol Nystagmus (PAN)
- Post-Rotational Nystagmus
- Probable Cause to Arrest
- Probation
- Prosecuting Attorney
- Provisional License (See Also Hardship License)
- Reasonable Doubt
- Reasonable Period of Time
- Reckless Driving
- Regurgitation
- Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID)
- Resting Nystagmus
- Restricted License (See Also Hardship License And Provisional License)
- Retrograde Extrapolation
- Rising Alcohol Defense
- Rising Curve Defense
- Risk Insurance
- Sentence to Service (STS)
- Sentencing
- Smooth Pursuit
- Sobriety Checkpoints
- Southern California Research Institute (SCRI)
- Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
- Suppression Hearing
- Suspension of Vehicle Registration
- Test Refusal
- Tolerance
- Trial
- Under The Influence
- Urine Test
- Vehicle
- Vehicle Confiscation
- Vehicle Forfeiture
- Vehicle Immobilization
- Vehicle Impoundment
- Vehicular Manslaughter (See Also DWI Manslaughter)
- Vertical Nystagmus
- Vestibular System
- Voir Dire
- Walk-and-Turn Test (WAT)
- Wet Reckless
- Witness
- Work Permit (See Also Restricted License)
- Zero Tolerance