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Definition of license

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License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors..

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Licentiate :: Licentiate (n.) One who acts without restraint, or takes a liberty, as if having a license therefor..

Placard :: Placard (n.) Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something..

Permission :: Permission (n.) The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty..

Publican :: Publican (n.) The keeper of an inn or public house; one licensed to retail beer, spirits, or wine..

Unrestraint :: Unrestraint (n.) Freedom from restraint; freedom; liberty; license.

Arrentation :: Arrentation () A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent..

Non Obstante :: Non obstante () A clause in old English statutes and letters patent, importing a license from the crown to do a thing notwithstanding any statute to the contrary. This dispensing power was abolished by the Bill of Rights..

Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act by which one, having the right, annuls an act done, a power or authority given, or a license, gift, or benefit conferred; repeal; reversal; as, the revocation of an edict, a power, a will, or a license..

Freedom :: Freedom (n.) Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.

Auction :: Auction (n.) A public sale of property to the highest bidder, esp. by a person licensed and authorized for the purpose; a vendue..

Give :: Give (n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.

License :: License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors..

Passport :: Passport (n.) A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.

Imprimatur :: Imprimatur (n.) A license to print or publish a book, paper, etc.; also, in countries subjected to the censorship of the press, approval of that which is published..

Allow :: Allow (v. t.) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to; as, to allow a son to be absent..

Entry :: Entry (n.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5..

License :: License (v. t.) To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach..

License :: License (n.) That deviation from strict fact, form, or rule, in which an artist or writer indulges, assuming that it will be permitted for the sake of the advantage or effect gained; as, poetic license; grammatical license, etc..

Tavern :: Tavern (n.) A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities..