Permission

Definition and stakes

Nathan Clifford,  State Tonnage Tax Cases Cox v. Collector Trade Company…

“ Evidently the word license, as used in that act, as the court say in that case, means permission or authority, and it is equally clear that a license to do any particular thing is a permission or authority to do that thing, and if granted by a person having power to grant it, that it transfers to the grantee the right to do whatever it purports to authorize. ”
Source: Wikisource

Portrait of James Champlin Fernald James Champlin Fernald,  English Synonyms and Antonyms

“ Antonyms:
See synonyms for TRANSIENT.
PERMISSION. Synonyms:
Authority unites the right and power of control; age, wisdom, and character give authority to their possessor; a book of learned research has authority, and is even called an authority. Permission justifies another in acting without interference or censure, and usually implies some degree of approval. Authority gives a certain right of control over all that may be affected by the action. There may be a failure to object, which constitutes an implied permission, tho this is more properly expressed by allowance
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Source: Gutenberg

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