Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
licensing laws
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But Britain being Britain, where the licensing laws are as restrictive as ever, they had no choice.
▪ In compliance with the licensing laws the children's rehearsal wasn't to be held until later in the afternoon.
▪ It leads to calls for increased marketing restrictions, unwarranted price rises and restrictive licensing laws.
▪ Since Edinburgh's licensing laws were liberalised in the 1970s, Lothian and Borders police statistics indicate that late-night violence has escalated.
▪ The Electric Circus closed down, due to ridiculous licensing laws, in October 1977.
▪ They say: There are no rules outside the normal licensing laws.
▪ While trains are exempt from the licensing laws, stations are not.
Usage examples of "licensing laws".
The new licensing laws were an unenforced dead letter even before they were repealed.
If I had my way, licensing laws would be considerably tightened to reduce drunkenness and tramps should not be allowed to buy wine.
It's well run, has a good respectable clienteleno trouble with the licensing laws.
It's well run, has a good respectable clientele--no trouble with the licensing laws.
They have to satisfy these tastes in the face of astonishing, hypocritical laws (licensing laws, lottery acts, etc.
In England they have semi-prohibition, in the shape of your Aunt Emily's wall-eyed Licensing Laws, and the beer is mostly muck.
On the wall opposite a portrait of Mr Gladstone glared relentlessly down on this dereliction of the licensing laws.