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li⋅cense
[lahy-suh
ns] 
noun, verb, -censed, -cens⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession. |
| 2. | a certificate, tag, plate, etc., giving proof of such permission; official permit: a driver's license. |
| 3. | permission to do or not to do something. |
| 4. | intentional deviation from rule, convention, or fact, as for the sake of literary or artistic effect: poetic license. |
| 5. | exceptional freedom allowed in a special situation. |
| 6. | excessive or undue freedom or liberty. |
| 7. | licentiousness. |
| 8. | the legal right to use a patent owned by another. |
–verb (used with object)
| 9. | to grant authoritative permission or license to. |
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| li·cense (lī'səns) n.
[Middle English licence, from Old French, from Medieval Latin licentia, authorization, from Latin, freedom, from licēns, licent-, present participle of licēre, to be permitted.] li'cens·a·ble adj., li'cens·er, li'cen·sor' (-sən-sôr') n. |
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License
Li"cense\ (l[imac]"sens), n. [Written also licence.] [F. licence, L. licentia, fr. licere to be permitted, prob. orig., to be left free to one; akin to linquere to leave. See Loan, and cf. Illicit, Leisure.]1. 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. 2. The document granting such permission. --Addison. 3. 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. 4. 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. Syn: Leave; liberty; permission.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : license
Spanish:
autorizar, dar permiso,
German:
amtlich genehmigen,
Japanese:
許可する
Main Entry: li·cense
Pronunciation: 'lIs-&ns
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia, from licent- licens, present participle of licEre to be permitted, be for sale
1 a : a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of a government or a business) to engage in some business or occupation, do some act, or engage in some transaction which would be unlawful without such right or permission; also : a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted b : revocable authority or permission given solely to one having no possessory rights in a tract of land to do something on that land which would otherwise be unlawful or a trespass —compare EASEMENT, LEASE c : a grant by the holder of a copyright or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights
2 : a defense (as to trespass) that one's act was in accordance with a license granted
3 a : freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility b : disregard for standards of personal conduct : LICENTIOUSNESS
Main Entry: license
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: li·censed; li·cens·ing
1 : to issue a license to
2 : to permit or authorize by a license
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: li·cense
Variant: or chiefly British li·cence /'lIs-&n(t)s/
Function: noun
: a permission grantedby competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful license to practice medicine> —license or chiefly British licence transitive verb li·censed or chiefly British li·cenced; li·cens·ing or chiefly British li·cenc·ing
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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license
in property law, permission to enter or use the property of another. There are three categories of license: bare licenses, contractual licenses, and licenses coupled with an interest. A bare license occurs when a person enters or uses the property of another with the express or implied permission of the owner or under circumstances that would provide a good defense against an action for trespass. For example, a person entering a gas station to ask for directions is a licensee and not a trespasser. Contractual license provides an express or implied permission to enter or use the property in exchange for some consideration. For example, the purchase of a movie ticket allows the ticket holder a license to enter the theatre at a particular time. Licenses that are acquired by contract normally include the right to use property that is protected by patent, copyright, or trademark. A license coupled with an interest arises when a person acquires the right to take possession of property located on someone else's land, as when a lender acquires the right to repossess an automobile that is located on private property after the borrower has defaulted on a loan.
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