occasional licence

noun

1. a licence granted to sell alcohol only at specified times

Example Sentences

In fine, these meetings, notwithstanding the occasional licence of the preacher, seem to have been conducted with a seriousness and decorum which hardly merit the obloquy thrown on them by some of the Catholic writers.

From Project Gutenberg

In this poem, the first in which Browning has used the terza rima, he observes, with only occasional licence, the proper pause at the end of each stanza of three lines.

From Project Gutenberg