contingent liability. An obligation that may result, but is not likely to result because the event causing the obligation is improbable.For example, the award from a lawsuit against a firm is a contingent liability of the defendant if there is little likelihood the plaintiff will recover the award.ontingent liability. An obligation that may result, but is not likely to result because the event causing the obligation is improbable.
We have all heard the rule of thumb that your liver can process one beer an hour. I've never been sold on the claim, here's why. While there is no agreement on the exact rate, most research has concluded that the liver can process about 0.25 fluid ounces of alcohol per hour (some find a higher rate, while some lower). This rate is largely independent of your weight or gender.
Therefore, if you consume three standard drinks -- regardless of how long it took you to drink them -- it would take you three hours to be completely free of alcohol.This should hopefully make it apparent that alcohol builds up in your body over time because the liver can only metabolize one an hour.enerally speaking, people metabolize alcohol at the rate of 1/2 ounce per hour (that's half an ounce of absolute alcohol -- or one standard drink) -- roughly equivalent to: 12 ounces of beer, 10 ounces of microbrew, 6 ounces of wine cooler (or hard lemonade), 1-1/4 ounces of 80-proof liquor or 4 ounces of wine.