permission
noun
authorization granted to do something; formal consent.
permissory
-
a word derived from
permission.
Example Sentences
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Missouri, in obedience to a permissory statute, had framed a constitution, and demanded admission into the Union as a State.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
