{"id":362653,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/license.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"license","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/license.html","title":{"rendered":"License"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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[Anglo-French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia<\/i>, from licent-<\/i> licens<\/i>, present participle of licēre<\/i> to be permitted, be for sale]
1 a<\/b> :<\/b> 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<\/i>
:<\/b> a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted
b<\/b> :<\/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<\/a>, lease<\/a>
c<\/b> :<\/b> 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<\/b> :<\/b> a defense (as to trespass) that one’s act was in accordance with a license granted
3 a<\/b> :<\/b> freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility
b<\/b> :<\/b> disregard for standards of personal conduct
:<\/b> licentiousness
vt li·censed<\/b>
li·cens·ing<\/b>
1<\/b> :<\/b> to issue a license to
2<\/b> :<\/b> to permit or authorize by a license <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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