"ticket of leave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tickets of leave [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|tickets of leave}} ticket of leave (plural tickets of leave)
  1. (UK, historical) A licence or permit given to a convict or prisoner to go out and work before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain conditions. Tags: UK, historical
    Sense id: en-ticket_of_leave-en-noun-Vh0DnYhY Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A licence or permit given to a convict or prisoner to go out and work before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain conditions."
      ],
      "id": "en-ticket_of_leave-en-noun-Vh0DnYhY",
      "links": [
        [
          "licence",
          "licence"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "convict",
          "convict"
        ],
        [
          "prisoner",
          "prisoner"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "expiration",
          "expiration"
        ],
        [
          "sentence",
          "sentence"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, historical) A licence or permit given to a convict or prisoner to go out and work before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain conditions."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ticket of leave"
}
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    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A licence or permit given to a convict or prisoner to go out and work before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain conditions."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "licence",
          "licence"
        ],
        [
          "permit",
          "permit"
        ],
        [
          "convict",
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        ],
        [
          "prisoner",
          "prisoner"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "expiration",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(UK, historical) A licence or permit given to a convict or prisoner to go out and work before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain conditions."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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