Imprimatur
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A government license to publish a book.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat. Let it be printed. A license or allowance, granted by the constituted authorities, giving permission to print and publish a book. This allowance was formerly necessary, in England, before any book could lawfully be printed, and in sonfe other countries is stlll required.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Let it be this, the emphatic word.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. (Let it be printed.)