As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:
- (1) BILLIARDS. Any of the several games played on a table surrounded by an elastic ledge of cushions, with balls which are impelled by a cue, including all forms of the game known as carom billiards, pocket billiards, formerly known as pool, and English billiards.
- (2) BILLIARD ROOM. Any public place where the game of billiards is permitted to be played and for which a charge is made.
(Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §1; Code 1923, §4255; Code 1940, T. 14, §237.)