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License
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(v. t.) To permit or authorize by license; to give license to; as, to license a man to preach.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of law or decorum; disregard of law or propriety.
(5):
(n.) The document granting such permission.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'License'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/license.html. 1828.
