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non licet

[ non lahy-sit ]

adjective

, Law.
  1. not permitted or lawful.


non licet

/ ˈnɒn ˈlaɪsɪt /

adjective

  1. not permitted; unlawful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of non licet1

First recorded in 1615–25, non licet is from Latin nōn licet “it is not allowed”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of non licet1

C17: Latin, literally: it is not allowed
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Example Sentences

Non licet esse vos—It is not lawful for you to exist—was the stern edict of extermination pronounced against the saints.

Quid licet Jovi non licet bovi; the maxim ought to be repeated every time this familiar story is told.

Non licet homini, says Theodores Penitential, a servo tollere pecuniam, quam ipse labore suo adquesierit.

But the "authority of laws" is invoked against truth—non licet esse vos!

But nobis non licet esse tam disertis—at least, if we study to refine our numbers.

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