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no-licence
A stipulation that no licence is granted, e.g. for the sale of liquor. Freq. attrib.
1908Daily Chron. 24 Apr. 4/3, I have been a police officer for thirty-seven years, and am consequently quite familiar with the conditions prevailing before the no-license law..came into effect. 1909Ibid. 27 Feb. 5/7 A no-license resolution, which means that no certificate for the sale of excisable liquors shall be granted. 1921E. O'Ferrall in Murdoch & Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 163 I've decided to reform and join the No-licence crowd. Ibid., I'm goin' t' vote No-licence! 1969Austral. Encycl. V. 312/1 There was to be no compensation for licensees in the event of a vote for no-licence. |