"Licit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that the new ordering under the flag of equality is to consist of superior and inferior nations, of which the former, who speak English, are to possess unlimited power over the latter, to decide what is good for them and what is bad, what is licit and what is forbidden. And against their fiat there is to be no appeal. In a word, it is to be the hegemony of ...
— The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference • Emile Joseph Dillon
... exonerate, dispense with. ask permission, beg permission, request permission, ask leave, beg leave, request leave. Adj. permitting &c v.; permissive, indulgent; permitted &c v.; patent, chartered, permissible, allowable, lawful, legitimate, legal; legalized &c (law) 963; licit; unforbid^, unforbidden^; unconditional. Adv. by leave, with leave, on leave &c n.; speciali gratia [It]; under favor of; pace; ad libitum &c (freely) 748, (at will) 600; by all means &c (willingly) 602; yes &c (assent) 488. Phr. avec permissin ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
... public as well as personal, dispenses from obligation to the law. In time of war, all things required for its carrying on are licit. It is lawful to fight the elements when they threaten destruction, to save crops in an interval of fine weather when delay would mean a risk; to cater to public conveniences which custom adjudges necessary,—and by custom we mean that which has at least the implicit sanction of authority,—such ...
— Explanation of Catholic Morals - A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals • John H. Stapleton
... one of the world's major suppliers of licit opiate products; government maintains strict controls over areas of opium poppy cultivation and output ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
