Booze Can Definition: An establishment wherein liquor is sold without a permit and after legal bar hours. In R v Sauve, Judge Sparrow of the Ontario Court of Justice, Provincial Division wrote, at ¶3:"Constable Peter Christie testified that on May 25, 1997, he and a group of five fellow officers ... attended at what is commonly known as a booze can - namely, an establishment wherein liquor is sold without a permit, and after the hours stipulated by the (Ontario Liquor License Act)." REFERENCES:R v Sauve, 22 C.R. (5th) 152 (1997) Categories & Topics: Criminal Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!