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copyright(verb, action, hold, control)
9
control(verb, exclude, dominate, absorb)
9
license(action, agreement, permit, contract)
8
concession(agreement, contract, grant, principle)
7
charter(agreement, permit, contract, grant)
7
franchise(right, agreement, authority, permit)
7
letters patent(expression, idiom, permission)
6
permit(agreement, contract, authorization, permission)
5
protection(principle, invention)
4
grant(agreement, contract, permission, document)
4
licence
4
patent of invention(expression, idiom)
3
allowance(document, license, certification, certificate)
3
authority(permit, contract, permission, document)
3
consent(grant, document, license, certification)
3
liberty(grant, document, license, certification)
3
permission(document, license, certification, certificate)
3
sanction(grant, permission, document, license)
3
warrant(permission, document, license, certification)
2
certificate(document, license, certification)
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