Pass
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
n. An authoritative or official writing, permitting a person restricted within limits, to go beyond the designated bounds. When a territory is in military occupation or under martial law, civilians must often obtain a pass before they will be allowed to go beyond certain lines. A pass may be issued by a sheriff, authorizing a prisoner to go where he otherwise might not. Under the former law of slavery, slaves, in many places, could not leave their plantations, without passes from their owners.