Privilege
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Privilege
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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Privilege
An exceptional or extraordinary advantage or right; an exemption from some duty, burden, liability or attendance to which certain persons are entitled. May be absolute as that conferred by the United States constitution upon members of Congress with respect to defamatory matter published in the performance of their legislative function. Barr v Matteo, 360 U.S. 564, 79 S. Ct. 1335, 3 L.Ed.2d 1434. Also, U.S. Constitution article 1, Section 6, Appendix 1. A qualified privilege is one that extends to a defamatory statement when it is made in good faith on any subject matter in which the person communicating has an interest or in reference to which he has a right or duty, if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty on a privileged occasion then in the manner and under circumstances fairly warranted by the occasion and duty, right or interest. See Watwood v Stone's mercantile agency , Inc., 90 App. D. C. 156, 194 F.2d 160. Also see Kenney v Gurney, 208 Ala. 623, 95 So. 34.
Synonyms of Privilege
noun
advantage
affranchisement
allowance
authority
authorization
beneficium
benefit
chance
charter
dispensation
enfranchisement
entitlement
exemption
favor
franchise
freedom
grant
honor
immunitas
immunity
indulgence
liberty
license
opportunity
permission
perquisite
prerogative
priority
release
right
sanction
title
tolerance
vouchsafement
warrant
Associated Concepts: executive privilege
immunity
privilege against selfincrimination
privileged communications
privileged statement
privileges and immunities
qualified privilegeforeign phrases: Privilegium est beneficium personale
et extinguitur cum persona
Privilege in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of privilege.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Privilege
(You may find privilege at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
mid-12c. "grant, commission" (recorded earlier in Old English, but as a Latin word), from Old French privilege "right, priority, privilege" (12c.) and directly from Latin privilegium "law applying to one person, bill of law in favor of or against an individual," in the post-Augustine period "an ordinance in favor of an individual, privilege, prerogative," from privus "individual" (see private (adj.)) + lex (genitive legis) "law" (see legal (adj.)). Meaning "advantage granted" is from mid-14c. in English.
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Further Reading
Privilege Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)
The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Privilege in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: A right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit advantage.
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Translation of Privilege
Spanish: Privilegio parlamentario
French: Privilège
German: Privilegien des Abgeordneten
Italian: Privilegio
Portuguese: Privilégio parlamentar
Polish: Przywilej parlamentarny
Thesaurus of Privilege
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