non licet

[ non lahy-sit ]

adjective

, Law.

1. not permitted or lawful.

non licet

/ ˈnɒn ˈlaɪsɪt /

adjective

1. not permitted; unlawful

Word History and Origins

Origin of non licet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of non licet¹

C17: Latin, literally: it is not allowed

Example Sentences

Of course, Washington still believes that “Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi,” or “What is permissible for Jove is not permissible for a bull,” but those nasty Russians disagree.

From Washington Times

Here Creon offers one of the greatest and simplest rebukes to power in all literature: “Ubi non licet tacere, quid cuiquam licet?”

From Wall Street Journal

Apud nos quod non licet feminis æque non licet viris; et eadem servitus pari conditione censetur.”—Ep. lxxvii.

From Project Gutenberg

It was used for learning to swim, but all trace of it had disappeared before the time of Festus, whose date is uncertain, but who lived before the end of the fourth century— "In thermas fugio: sonas ad aurem, Piscinam peto: non licet natare."

From Project Gutenberg

But the "authority of laws" is invoked against truth—non licet esse vos! is the cry.

From Project Gutenberg