License vs Warrant - What's the difference?
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(label) A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
(label) The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
(label) Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech).
(label) Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
* 1936 , , The Story of Civilization , page 520:
(label) An academic degree, the holder of which is called a licentiate, ranking slightly below doctorate, awarded by certain European and Latin-American universities.
The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
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(label) A protector or defender.
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*:And whanne I sawe her makynge suche dole / I asked her who slewe her lorde ΒΆ Syre she said the falsest knyght of the world now lyuyng/ and his name is sir Breuse saunce pyte / thenne for pyte I made the damoysel to lepe on her palfroy / and I promysed her to be her waraunt / and to helpe her to entyere her lord
Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior.
Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success.
*Garry Wills:
*:He almost gives his failings as a warrant for his greatness.
An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
(label) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
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A warrant officer.
#A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
(label) An option, usually with a term at issue greater than a year, usually issued together with another security, to buy other securities of the issuer.
(label) A Warrant of Fitness; a document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of safety and mechanical soundness.
To protect, keep safe (from danger).
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.44:
*:all honest meanes for a man to warrant himselfe from evils are not onely tolerable, but commendable.
(label) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value etc.).
*1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
*:His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; for be it Polar snow or torrid sun, like a patent chronometer, his interior vitality was warranted to do well in all climates.
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*:Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
(label) To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.
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To give (someone) a guarantee or assurance (of something); also, with double object, to guarantee (someone something).
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*:Crato, in a consultation of his for a noble patient, tells him plainly, that if his highness will keep but a good diet, he will warrant him his former health.
(label) To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something).
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(label) To justify; to give grounds for.
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As nouns the difference between license and warrant
is that license is a legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit while warrant is a protector or defender.As verbs the difference between license and warrant
is that license is the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization while warrant is to protect, keep safe (from danger).license
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Alternative forms
* (UK) licence (noun)Noun
- Even if you bought this product, it does NOT belong to you. You have a license to use it under the terms of this agreement, until you breach this agreement.
- When liberty becomes license dictatorship is near.
Usage notes
* In British English, Canadian English, Australian English, Irish English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelt licence'' and the verb is ''license . * The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.Verb
(licens)T time, passage=The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.}}
