Licensing Acts
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
This expression is applied by Hallam (Const. Hist. c. 13) to acts of parliament for the restraint of printing, except by license. It muy aiso be applied to any act of parliament passed for the purpose of requiring a license for doing any act whatever. But, generally, when we speak of the licensing acts, we mean the acts Tegulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. Mozley & Whitley.