Licenses

alt=A 2010 sample of a California driver's license, showing a fictitious young man named "Ricardo A. Sample"|thumb|Governments issue driver's licenses to people who are allowed to drive [[motor vehicles on public roads.]] A license (American English) or licence (Commonwealth English) is an official permission or permit to do, use, or own something (as well as the document of that permission or permit).

tax required in many countries for the reception of radio and/or television broadcasts

thumb | right | The first dan permission letter on display at the Nippon Kiin is a Japanese term meaning "license." It refers to the license to teach used by practitioners of various Japanese classical arts and martial arts certifying some license within the school or ryū. The menkyo system dates back to the 8th century.

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legal document allowing a wedding to take place

The Cartaz (plural cartazes, in Portuguese) was a naval trade license or pass issued by the Portuguese Empire in the Indian Ocean during the sixteenth century (circa 1502–1750). Its name derives from the Portuguese term cartas, meaning letters. The British navicert system of 1939–45 shared similarities with it.

A cross-licensing agreement is a contract between two or more parties where each party grants rights to their intellectual property to the other parties.

extensive system of governmental licensing and regulation in India's economy from about 1947 to 1990

permit to sell, manufacture, store, or otherwise use alcoholic beverages