Augusta, 50 Ga
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
537; Levi v. Louisville, 97 Ky. 394, 30 S. W. 973, 28 LR. A. 480.—License in amortisation. <A license authorizing a conveyance of property which, without it, would be invalid under the statutes of mortmain.— age license. A written license or permission granted by public authority to persons who intend to intermarry, usually addressed to the minister or magistrate who is to perfom the ceremony, or, in general terms, to any one authorized to solemnize marriages.—Registrar’s license. In English Jaw, a license issued by an officer of that name authorizing the solemnigation of a marriage without the use of the religious en ordained by the Church of England.-Rod Heemse. In Canadian law, a license, granted on payment of a tax or fee, ermitting the licensee to angle for fish (particularly salmon) which are otherwise protected or reserved.Special license. [n English law. ne granted by the archbishop of Canterbury to authorize a marriage at any time or place whatever. 2 Steph. Comm. 247, 200.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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