law: Indian Easements Act, 1882
  52. "License" defined 
  Where one person grants to another, or to a definite number of
  
  other persons, a right to do, or continue to do, in or upon the immovable
  
  property of the grantor, something which would, in the absence of such right,
  
  be unlawful, and such right does not amount to an easement or an interest in
  
  the property, the right is called a license.