"Licensing Acts" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Licensing Acts LAW AND LEGAL
Definition:

TS. This expression ls applied by Hallam (Const Hist. c. 13) to acts of parliament for the restraint of printing, except by license. It may also be ap-plied to any act of parliament passed for the purpose of requiring a license for doing any act whatever. But, generally, when we speak of the licensing acts, we mean the acts regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. Mosley & whltley

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Abeyance LAW AND LEGAL

In the law of estates. Expectation; waiting; suspense; remembrance and contemplation in law. where there ls no person ln existence …

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abrogate ENGLISH

To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- …

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accession ENGLISH

The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of …

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active ENGLISH

Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.

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Adjournal LAW AND LEGAL

A term applied ln Scotch law and practlce to the records of the criminal courts. The original records of criminal …

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adroit ENGLISH

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adventurous ENGLISH

Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, …

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agba HILIGAYNON

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amalgamation ENGLISH

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annihilation ENGLISH

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appliance ENGLISH

The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience.

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application ENGLISH

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.

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application ENGLISH

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application ENGLISH

The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

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Among the acts; among the recorded proceedings. In the civil law, this phrase is applied to appeals taken orally, in …

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argumentation ENGLISH

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automatical ENGLISH

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birth ENGLISH

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the …

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