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(law) a provision in a contract that makes all obligations to be performed under the contract due immediately upon a specific occurrence, such as a breach
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A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
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(law) A license to use intellectual or real property without any promise of exclusivity.
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A privilege granted by an authority, especially to conduct business on favorable terms within certain conditions and particularly:
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(computer science, derogatory) A copyright public license written by non-professionals.
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(political economy) Social creditism.
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(transitive, of two parties) To license (intellectual property, etc.) each to the other.
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(US) American spelling of driving licence
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(law) A legally binding process during which a potential buyer evaluates the assets and liabilities of a company.
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Obsolete form of enfranchise. [To grant the privilege of voting to a person or group of people.]
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(law) In U.S. patent law, a license under which a party grants another the right to use a patent under the condition that the licensee agrees to grant the licensor a license with respect to any improvements to that patent made by the licensee.
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(law) In U.S. patent law, a provision accompanying the license of a patent under which a party agrees not only to grant a licensee the right to use a patent, but also to grant the licensee a license to any improvements made on the existing patent.
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Alternative form of grant-back [(law) In U.S. patent law, a license under which a party grants another the right to use a patent under the condition that the licensee agrees to grant the licensor a license with respect to any improvements to that patent made by the licensee.]
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Alternative form of high license [A means of regulating sales of alcoholic drinks by charging retailers a comparatively large sum for the privilege of selling them.]
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Synonym of learner's permit
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A restricted license that is given to a person who is learning to drive, but has not yet satisfied the requirement to obtain a driver's license.
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(UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore) Standard spelling of license.
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(nonstandard) Alternative form of licensee [(law) A person to whom a license is granted]
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Alternative form of licensor [(law) A party that grants a license to another.]
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A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
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(law) A person to whom a license is granted
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The act of conferring a license for an activity.
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(law) The act of granting a naked license.
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To form a pact; to make a binding agreement.
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A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
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Synonym of learner's permit
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A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc.
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(law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original intention of the parties.
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(law) To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
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(law) A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.
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(law) The overall start-to-end sequence of a felony. Certain statements heard by witnesses during this period (e.g. "this is a robbery!") may be used in evidence despite the usual hearsay rule.
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(law) A thing done between others (such as a contract), which cannot adversely affect the rights of those who are not parties to it.
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The person to whom a property reverts when a freehold expires.
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(law) One whose estate or land is reverted.
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The act of giving oneself permission or license to do something.
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Alternative spelling of shrinkwrap license [A license agreement whose contents may only be read and accepted after a product has been purchased and the packaging removed.]
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(law) a license granted by a licensee to a third party, under the authority of the license originally granted by a licensor to the licensee
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(law) A person to whom a sublicense is granted.
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(finance, insurance) A form of investment in which, on the death of an investor, his share is divided amongst the other investors.
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