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In the law of contracts. A permission, accorded by a competent au- thority, conferring the right to do some act which without such authorization would be illegal, or would be a trespass or a tort. the written evidence of such permission. Also In real property law. An authority to do a particular act or series of acts upon an- other's land without possessing any estate therein. Also the written evidence of au- thority so accorded. It is distinguished from an "easement," which implies an interest in the land to be affected, and a "lease," or right to take the profits of land. It may be, however, and often is, coupled with a grant of some interest in the land itself, or right to take the profits. 1 Washb. Real Prop. *398. In pleading. A plea of justification to an action of trespass that the defendant was authorized by the owner of the freehold to commit the trespass complained of. In the law of patents. A written au- thority granted by the owner of a patent to another person empowering the latter to make or use the patented article for a limited period or in a limited territory. In international law. Permission granted by a belligerent state to its own sub- jects, or to the subjects of the enemy, to car- ry on a trade interdicted by war. Wheat. Int. Law, 447. Marriage license. A marriage license is an authority enabling two persons to be mar- ried.

having their mints, coined money, and often very bad money, too, for which reason, though the pound consisted of 20 shillings, they weighed it. Enc. Lond. In the law of contracts. A permission, accorded by a competent authority, conferring the right to do some act which without such authorization would be illegal, or would be a trespass or a tort. State v. Hipp, 88 Ohio St. 226; Youngblood v. Sexton, 32 Mich. 406, 20 Am. Rep. 654; Hubman Vv. State, 61 Ark. 482, 833 S. W. 843; Chicago v. Collins, 175 Ill. 445, 51 N. E. 907, 49 L. R. A. 408, 67 L. R. A. 224. Also the written evidence of such permission. In real property law. An authority to do a particular act or series of acts upon another’s land without possessing any estate therein. Clifford v. O’Neill, 12 App. Div. 17, 42 N. Y. Supp. 607; Davis v. Townsend, 10 Barb. (N. Y.) 343; Morrill v. Mackman, 24 Mich. 282, 9 Am. Rep. 124; Wynn v. Garland, 19 Ark. 23, 68 Am. Dec. 190; Cheever v. Pearson, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 266. Also the written evidence of authority so accorded. It is distinguished from an “easement,” which ee an interest in the land to be affected, and a “lease,” or right to take the profits of land. It may be, however, and often, is, coupled with a grant of some interest in the land itself, or right to take the profits. 1 Washb. Real Prop. *398. In pleading. A plea of justification to an action of trespass that the defendant was authorized by the owner of the freehold to commit the trespass complained of. In the law of patents. A written authority granted by the owner of a patent to another person empowering the latter to. make or use the patented article for a limited period or in a limited territory. In international law. Permission granted by a belligerent state to its own subjects, or to the subjects of the enemy, to carry on a trade interdicted by war. Wheat. Int. Law, 447. —High Hcense. A system for the regulation and restriction of the traffic in intoxicating liquors, of which the distinguishing feature is the grant of licenses only to carefully selected persons and the charging of a_ license fee so great in amount as automatically to limit the number of retailers—Letter of license. In English law, a written instrument in the nature of an agreement, signed by all the creditors of a failing or embarrassed debtor in trade, granting him an extension of time for the payment of the debts, allowing him in the mean time to carry on the business in the hope of recuperation, and protecting him from arrest, suit, or other interference pending the agreement. This form is not usual in America; but something similar to it is found in the ‘“‘composition” or “extension agreement,” by which all the creditors agree to fund their claims in the form of promissory notes, concurrent as to date and maturity, sometimes payable scrially and sometimes-extending over a term of years. Provision is often made for the supervision or pare control of the business, in the mean time, y a trustee or a committee of the creditors. in which case the agreement is sometimes called a “deed of inspectorship,” though this term is more commonly used in England than in the United States—License cases. The name given to the group of cases including Peirce v. New Hampshire, 5 How. 504, 12 L. Ed. 256, decided by the United States supreme court in 1847, to the effect that state laws requiring a license or the payment of a tax for the privilege of selling intoxicating liquors were not in conflict with the constitutional provision giving to congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, even as applied to liquors imvorte! from another state and remaining in the original and unbroken packages. This decirgion was overruled in Leisy v. Hardin. 135 U. S. 100, 10 Sup. Ct. 681. L. Ed, 12S, which in turn was counteracted by the act of congress of August 8, 1890, commonly called the “‘Wilson law.’~License fee or tax. The price paid to governmental or municipal authority for a license to engage in and pursue a_ particular calling or occupation. See Home Ins. Co. v. Augusta, 50 Ga. 537; Levi v. Louisville, 97 Ky. 394, 30 S. W. 973, 28 L. R. A. 480.—License in amortization. A license authorizing a conveyance of property which, without it, would be invalid under the statutes of mortmain.— Marriage license. A written license or permission granted by public authority to persons who intend to intermarry, usually addressed to the minister or magistrate who is to perfom the ceremony, or, in general terms, to any one authorized to solemnize marriages.—Registrar’s license. In English law, a license issued by an officer of that name authorizing the solemnigation of a marriage without the use of the religious gd ordained by the Church of England.—Rod license. In Canadian law, a license, granted on payment of a tax or fee, rmitting the licensee to angle for fish (particuarly salmon) which are otherwise protected or reserved.—Special license. In English law. ne granted by the archbishop of Canterbury to authorize a marriage at avy time or place whatever. 2 Steph. Comm, 247, 200.

See 2. "Liberty" is also used as equivalent to "franchise" (q. v.) both as denoting a right and as denoting the place where the right is exercisable. Thus, the Liberty of the Savoy is a place subject to a franchise. Viner Abr., Franchise, B. 8. As to writs of execution, see NON OMITTAS. LIBERTY, (defined). 3 Conn. 467. (in a deed). 4 Barn. & C. 485. (755) of the peace. It only means that government shall not inquire beforehand what an individual intends to say, to restrict him. Abbott. (756) when killed, is in truth a grant of the deer with a license annexed to come on the land, and if the grant is good the license is irrevocable. (Shelf. R. P. Stat. 60.) So a license may be irrevocable if granted for valuable consideration. Browne Div. 56. 24. Marriage license. - A marriage license is an authority enabling two persons to be married.* 5. Intoxicating liquors, &c.-Licenses for the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors are of different kinds, according to the authorities by whom they are granted.† * Such licenses are of three kinds in England. A special license is granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, and enables the parties to be married in any church or chapel or other meet and convenient place. An ordinary license is granted by any archbishop or bishop for the marriage of persons within his diocese in a church or chapel in which banns may lawfully be published. (Browne Div. 56, 68.) A superintendent registrar's license is one granted by the superintendent registrar of the district in which the parties, or one of them, reside, authorizing the solemnization of a marriage between them according to the rites of the Church of England, or the usages of the Quakers or Jews, &c., or such form as they think fit to adopt. Id. 65. See MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE ACTS. † A magistrate's or justice's license is granted, in England, as a kind of certificate that the applicant is a proper person to be intrusted with the sale of intoxicating liquors, and that the "premises" which he occupies are fit for the purpose. In counties, new licenses are granted by the justices present at the meeting held by them every year, and called "the general annual licensing meeting," and must be confirmed (except in the case of outdoor licenses) by a standing committee, appointed every year from among themselves by the justices at quarter sessions, and called "the county licensing committee." (Act of 1828 1828, 31; Act of 1872, 237; Act of 1874, § 32.) In boroughs, licenses are granted by b "the borough licensing committee," appointed ev every vear from among themselves by the borough justices, and confirmed by the whole body of borough justices, or if the borough has not ten justices, licenses are granted by the borough justices, and confirmed by a "joint committee" composed of six borough and county justices. Act of 1872, 238. The magistrate's license entitles the holder to take out the corresponding excise license, which is granted by the commissioners of inland revenue, and is a mode of levying a tax on the sale of liquors and refreshments. Both magistrates' and excise licenses require to be renewed every year, and are of various descriptions, according to the number and kind of liquors authorized to be sold under them, (the public-house license; the beer license, &c.,) and to the question whether the liquor is to be consumed on or off the premises, (indoor and outdoor licenses; shop-keepers' wine license, &c.,) LICENSE, (defined). 4 Blatchf. (U. S.) 206; 3 Wall. (U. S.) 441; 9 Wheat. (U. S.) 1, 213; 50 Ga. 530, 537; 11 Mass. 533, 537; 24 Mich. 279; 4 Sandf. (N. Y.) Ch. 72; 44 Superior (N. Y.) 136, 140; 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 380; 4 Watts (Pa.) 232; 3 Kent Com. 452. (what is). 11 Mass. 533; 14 Id. 403; 4 Johns. (N. Y.) 418; 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 380, 390, 392; 5 Car. & P. 460; 4 East 469; Palm. 71; Say. 3. 3 Nev. & Μ. 691. (what is not). 9 Johns. (N. Y.) 35; (distinguished from "grant"). 3 Duer (N. Y.) 255, 258. (distinguished from "easement"). 4 Sandf. (N. Y.) Ch. 72; 15 Wend. (N. Y.) 380; 4 Watts (Pa.) 232; Ang. Waterc. & 285; 3 Kent Com. 452. and to the time during which they authorize the consumption (the six-day license, i. e. excluding Sundays; the early closing license, &c. For an an enumeration of the various licenses, see Lely & Foulkes's Licensing Acts 7.) A provisional license may also be granted in respect of premises about to be constructed or in course of construction. (Act of 1874, § 22.) An additional license is one granted to the holder of a "strong beer dealer's wholesale excise license," and authorizes him to sell beer by retail for consumption off the premises. Stats. 26 and 27 Vict. c. 33, § 1; 43 Vict. c. 6. There are also excise licenses granted without the necessity of a magistrate's license, e. g. the refreshment house license, (23 Vict. c. 27, 6,) which does not authorize the sale of intoxicating liquors, (Lely & Foulkes 10,) and the licenses to brewers, wholesale beer dealers, maltsters, distillers, dealers in foreign wines, manufacturers of and dealers in tobacco, &c. Stat. 6 Geo. IV. c. 81, and the other acts mentioned in the index to the statutes, title "Brewer." Among miscellaneous licenses, or licenses not granted in the usual way by justices or the excise authorities, may be mentioned the "occasional license" in the strict sense of the word, namely, a license granted by the excise authorities, on the written consent of a justice, to a person already licensed to sell liquors to be consumed on the PUBLIC HOUSE, (distinguished from "public place"). 26 Ala. 69. (a broker's office is). 31 Ala. 371. (a barber shop is). 30 Ala. 550. (country store-house is). 27 Ala. 47; 29 Id. 40; 30 Id. 524, 532. (house of a toll-bridge keeper is). 29 Ala. 46. 37 Id. 472. Ala. 19. (a saddler's shop is). 32 Ala. 596. (a lawyer's office is). 26 Ala. 135; (office of a justice of the peace is). 30 (a boarding house is not). 3 Brews. (Pa.) 344. (a physician's office is not, within statute against gaming). 25 Ala. 78. (a privy of a country school-house during vacation is not). 35 Ala. 390. 688. (in covenant in deed). L. R. 2 Eq. PUBLIC HOUSE, AT A, (in an indictment for playing cards). 19 Ala. 528. PUBLIC IGNOMINY, (defined). 38 Iowa 220. PUBLIC INDECENCY, (in a statute). 10 Ind. 140; 16 Id. 335, 338. PUBLIC INSTITUTION, (the University of Alabama is). 5 Stew. & P. (Ala.) 17. (the University of North Carolina is). 8 Ired. (N. C.) Eq. 257. PUBLIC LANDS, (defined). 2 Otto (U. S.) 761; 10 Nev. 290. PUBLIC LAWS, (what are). 2 Hill (N. Y.) 241; 1 T. R. 125; 2 Id. 569. 49 Vt. 282. (in charter of a village corporation). PUBLIC LIBRARY, (what is not). 9 R. I. 559.

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. To have a license and a leave at London to dwell. P. Plowman. The document granting such permission. Addison. Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety. License they mean when they cry liberty. Milton. 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.

To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach. Milton. Shak.

A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit. | The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software. | Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech). | Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint. | Ellipsis of driver's license.

To authorize officially. | (applied to a piece of intellectual property) | To give formal authorization to use. | (applied to a piece of intellectual property) | To acquire authorization to use, usually in exchange for compensation. | To give permission or freedom to; accept. | To permit (as grammatically correct).