non licet

American  

[non lahy-sit] / ˈnɒn ˈlaɪ sɪt /

adjective

Law.

1. not permitted or lawful.

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non licet British  

/ ˈnɒn ˈlaɪsɪt /

adjective

1. not permitted; unlawful

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Etymology

Origin of non licet

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

Example Sentences

He was better on the defensive than the aggressive, and hence, bis peccare in bello non licet.

From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Watkins, Sam R.

None can enjoy at one and the same time the pure pleasure of ideality and the debasing joys of sensuality; for the proverb "quod licet bovi non licet Jovi" avails also when inverted.

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf

"Nay, distinguendum est inter et inter," replied the other; "quod licet Jovi, non licet bovi!"

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

Ita quod non licet praedicto Roberto alicui vendere nec occasione istius traditionis aliquam libertatem ipsis vendicare.'

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

In fact, the lady detects Catullus making an unfounded boast of his Bithynian acquisitions, and he accordingly exclaims, “Sed tu insulsa male, et molesta vivis, Per quam non licet esse negligentem.”

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John