verb
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To give a formal (usually written) authorization.
example
It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.
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Authorize officially.
example
I am licensed to practice law in this state.
noun
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A giving of license to do something; sanction.
Examples of licensing in a Sentence
Licenses are granted by the local licensing justices or magistrates' court.
Independence is further curtailed by other state boards semi-independent of the city - the police commission of three members from 1885 to 1906, and in 1906 a single police commissioner, appointed by the governor, a licensing board of three members, appointed by the governor; the transit commission, &c. There are, further, county offices (Suffolk county comprises only Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop), generally independent of the city, though the latter pays practically all the bills.
But, influenced by medical views and by the almost insuperable difficulty of enforcing any drastic import veto in the face of Formosa's large communications by junk with China, the Japanese finally adopted the middle course of licensing the preparation and sale of the drug, and limiting its use to persons in receipt of medical sanction.
The failure of the government in Ireland (where the only success was Mr Birrell's introduction of the Universities Bill in April 1908), their internal divisions as regards socialistic legislation, their variance from the views of the selfgoverning colonies on Imperial administration, the admission after the general election that the alleged "slavery" of the Chinese in the Transvaal was, in Mr Winston Churchill's phrase, a "terminological inexactitude," and the introduction of extreme measures such as the Licensing Bill of 1908, offered excellent opportunities of electioneering attack.
In some of the states the licensing of preachers, which was formerly left to the voluntary associations of ministers in the different localities, has been made a function of the state conferences.
By a law enacted in 1909 the licensing of the sale of intoxicating liquors, other than for medical purposes by druggists and pharmacists, is left to the option of counties and cities.
The government had been losing ground in the country, and Mr Lloyd George and Mr Winston Churchill were conspicuously in alliance in advocating the use of the budget for introducing drastic reforms in regard to licensing and land, which the resistance of the House of Lords prevented the Radical party from effecting by ordinary legislation.
The public interest in the ex-Speaker's later life centred entirely in his somewhat controversial connexion with the drink traffic. A royal commission was appointed in April 1896 to inquire into the operation and administration of the licensing laws, and Viscount Peel was appointed chairman.
From 1855 to 1903 the liquor law was essentially prohibitory, but in the latter year an act licensing the traffic was passed.
Minor changes were made in the ministry in 1903, Mr Brodrick going to the India office and Mr Arnold-Forster becoming minister for war; but Mr Balfour's personal influence remained potent, the government held together, and in 1904 the Licensing Bill was successfully carried.
State liquor control was another of his pet ideas; and he helped greatly towards licensing reform by the institution of the Public House Trust, in which he took a leading part.
He worked actively against the sweating system, pleaded for European intervention in Macedonia, and was a keen supporter of the Licensing Bill of 1908.
The hundred rate is seldom made, though in some counties it may be made for purposes of main roads and bridges chargeable to the hundred as distinguished from the county at large; (ii.) the borrowing of money; (iii.) the passing of the accounts of, and the discharge of the county treasurer; (iv.) shire halls, county halls, assize courts, the judges' lodgings, lock-up houses, court houses, justices' rooms, police stations and county buildings, works and property; (v.) the licensing under any general act of houses and other places for music or for dancing, and the granting of licences under the Racecourses Licensing Act 1879; (vi.) the provision, enlargement, maintenance and management and visitation of, and other dealing with, asylums for pauper lunatics; (vii.) the establishment and maintenance of, and the contribution to, reformatory and industrial schools; (viii.) bridges and roads repairable with bridges, and any powers vested by the Highways and Locomotives Amendment Act 1878 in the county authority.
This business consists of the licensing of houses or places for the public performance of stage plays, and the execution, as local authority, of the Explosives Act 1875.
The local administration of justice devolving upon the justices in quarter or petty sessions is hardly a matter of local government, although in one important respect, that, namely, of the licensing of premises for the sale of intoxicating liquors, it may be thought that the duties of justices fall within the scope of local government.
They have to maintain all roads in the division; can nominate field cornets (magistrates); may borrow money on the security of the rates for public works; and return three members yearly to the district licensing court.
Trinity House was founded in 1555 as a home for old and disabled sailors, but on the decline of its revenues it became the licensing authority for pilots, its humane office being partly fulfilled by the sailors' home, established about 1840 in a building adjoining the Signal Tower, and rehoused in a handsome structure in the Scottish Baronial style in 188 3 -1884.
In 1873 a petition signed by four hundred and eighty-three clergy was presented to Convocation asking for the "education, selection and licensing of duly qualified confessors."
In 1872 Bruce, the home secretary, succeeded in passing a measure of licensing reform.
At this period, too, he paid much attention to the question of licensing reform, and in 1876 he examined the Gothenburg system in Sweden, and advocated a solution of the problem in England on similar lines.
Additionally, I'm not sure the firearm he used would pass muster with the licensing authorities.
We do not believe that licensing of low-powered air guns and imitations, or restrictions on their sale, is proportionate or enforceable.
In simple terms, low powered air rifles are firearms but not subject to licensing.
Alcatel will also continue to supply Qualcomm hardware to users under a long-term licensing arrangement.
In the music industry, licensing is frequently used by copyright assignees, so the work can be exploited by professionals.
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The application must be made to the local licensing authority and the relevant police constabulary within seven days of the license lapsing.
The Licensing Act 2003 changes the current licensing systems for alcohol, regulated entertainment and late night refreshment into a single licensing system.
Many licenses for hydrocarbon exploration were awarded under the 17th licensing round in new offshore areas.
The licensing authority must form a view as to whether a reasonable person would consider the observations frivolous or vexatious.
Licensing arrangements for the Postcode address File are only one part of the addressing imbroglio.
In that year that the Licensing Act lapsed, and books no longer required an official imprimatur in order to published.
There is nothing in the licensing laws to prevent alcohol being given, free of charge, to people on charity premises.
Another trend in special education licensure is a gradual movement away from reliance on stand alone licensing.
At one point we got regular missives from the TV licensing heavy mob.
A quick nosey on the Motor Vehicle Licensing site turns up some amazing information - this car is still on the road!
The steps which will be taken to promote the four licensing objectives are vitally important.
The license to practice optometry in the US is granted by individual optometric licensing authorities in each of the fifty states.
Granted patents relating to the target antigen are available for licensing.
The application has been withdrawn because of the local opposition it encountered, but also pending the current review of licensing policy.
Apparently, TV Licensing are also trying to get names & addresses of people buying mobile phones which are able to receive TV.
Thank you for taking the time to support the development of the licensing regime within the Boro.
The first British government consultation on cloning issues recommended that the licensing authority allow therapeutic cloning go ahead but not to allow reproductive cloning.
Documents can be made available subject to licensing conditions but these must not unnecessarily restrict possibilities for re-use and cannot restrict competition.
Please note because of licensing restrictions you only have access to the print journals at Dundee University.
There has been much publicity and media speculation concerning the changes in licensing law that come into force this week.
It produces free information on safe driving tuition and campaigns for improvements in driver training and licensing.
Sanitation is effected by the Puri Lodging-House Act, which provides for the appointment of a special health officer, and for the licensing of lodging-houses both in the town and along the pilgrims' route.
All the rights, powers and duties of the Thames Conservancy, so far as concerns the Thames below Teddington Lock, were transferred to the Port Authority under the act, as also were the powers of the Watermen's Company in respect of the registration and licensing of vessels, and the regulation of lightermen and watermen.
But licensing is associated with strict segregation, and it results that the great cities are conspicuously free from evidences of vice, and that the streets may be traversed by wonien at all hours of the day and night with perfect impunity and without fear of encountering offensive spectacles.