Licensing Acts
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
This expression is applied by Hallam (Const. Hist c. 13) to acts of parliament for the restraint of printing, except by license. It may also 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 regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors. Mozley & Whitley.