Permit
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A license or Instrument granted by the officers of excise, (pr customs,) cortlfying that the duties on certain goods have been paid, or secured, and permitting their removal from some specified placo to another.
Wharton.
A written license or warrant, issued by a person in authority, empowering the grantee to do seme act not forbidden by law, but not allowable without such authority.