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In the UK, License is spelt licence when used as a noun (though the verb is to license). The US has Driver's licenses and the UK has Driving licences.

So the title "Driving license" manages to be incorrect more or less wherever you are!

I suggest standardizing on the American version, so I'm redirecting there.

Enchanter (a Brit)

I think "driving license" is the official Canadian term. (In the sense that it's what is printed on the licence itself.) In some US states the official term is apparently "driver license". --Zundark, Saturday, April 6, 2002

Nope, the Canadians follow the British usage, and have licences. So we're still looking for somewhere in the world where Driving License is correct :-)

It's probably time to call it a day on this on the Wikipedia is not a dictionary principle. I'm not even sure Driver's license will make much of an encyclopedia article, but I may be wrong!

Enchanter

Yes, you're right. Having checked, I find it's "driver's licence" (or "permis de conduire") in Canada. --Zundark, Saturday, April 6, 2002

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