Definition of "licet" []

• A formal certificate of permission; authorization. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "For instance, here's the second half of the entry for viz:Viz. is an abbreviation of the Latin adverb videlicet, which originally meant something like "clearly,'' and came from the expression videre licet, meaning "to be able to see.''"
• "Quod licet Iovi (= left, pesudo-liberals), non licet bovi (the other mortals)."
• "Praeterea coeruleum montanum, licet ob hilaritatem, elegantiam et imprimis ob aptitudinem sui coloris, [98] quippe qui = b0 [i.e., b12], prae reliquis pigmentis coeruleis eligendum, non a quouis ita tractari potest, vt colore aequabili chartam inducat."