IMPRIMATUR

imprimatur (im-pri-may-t<<schwa>>r or -mah-t<<schwa>>r). [Latin “let it be printed”] 1. A license required to publish a book. • Once required in England, the imprimatur is now encountered only rarely in countries that censor the press. 2. A general grant of approval; commendatory license or sanction.

[Blacks Law 8th]