1.
If you are ~ to do something, you have official permission from the government or from the authorities to do it.
There were about 250 people on board, about 100 more than the ferry was ~ to carry.
...a ~ doctor.
ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf
2.
If something that you own or use is ~, you have official permission to own it or use it.
While searching the house they discovered an un~ shotgun and a ~ rifle.
ADJ
3.
If a place such as a restaurant or hotel is ~, it has been given a licence to sell alcoholic drinks. (BRIT)
...~ premises...
ADJ