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privilege

privilege [Latin privilegium law affecting a specific person, special right, from privus private + leg- lex law] 1 : a right, license, or exemption from duty or liability granted as a special benefit, advantage, or favor: as a : an exemption from liability where an action is deemed to be justifiable (as in the case of self-defense) or because of the requirements of a position or office ;also : the affirmative defense that an action is privileged compare excuse absolute privilege : a privilege that exempts a person from liability esp. for defamation regardless of intent or motive ;specif : a privilege that exempts high public officials (as legislators) from liability for statements made while acting in their official capacity without regard to intent or malice qualified privilege : a privilege esp. in the law of defamation that may be defeated esp. by a showing of actual malice called also conditional privilege b : an exemption from a requirement to disclose information (as fo...

Privilege

Privilege, a privilege is the opposite of a duty, and the correlative of 'no-right', Isha Valimohamad v. Haji Gulam Mohamad and Haji Dada Trust, AIR 1974 SC 2061 (2065): (1974) 2 SCC 484: (1975) 1 SCR 720. [Bombay Rents Hotels and Lodging House Rates (Control) Act, 1947 s. 51(1)(ii)]An exceptional or advantage; an exemption from some duty, or attendance, to which certain persons are entitled, from a supposition of law, that the stations they fill or the offices they are engaged in, are such as require all their care; and that, therefore, without this indulgence, it would be impracticable to execute such offices so advantageously as the public good requires.The separate privileges of either House of Parlia-ment are extensive, but they are at the same time uncertain and indefinite. Amongst those privileges are, the power of committing persons to prison; the power of publishing matters which, if not issuing from such high authority, might become the subject of proceedings in a Court of la...

privileged communication

privileged communication 1 : confidential communication 2 a : a defamatory communication that does not expose the party making it to the liability that would follow from it if not privileged called also absolutely privileged communication b : a defamatory statement made by one person to another who is in a confidential relation (as that of a prospective employer) or who has an interest therein that may upon proof of bad faith or actual malice be deprived of its privileged character called also conditionally privileged communication ...

privileges and immunities clause

privileges and immunities clause often cap P&I&C 1 : a clause in Article IV of the U.S. Constitution stating that the citizens of each state of the U.S. shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the other states 2 : a clause in Amendment XIV to the U.S. Constitution stating that no state shall make or enforce any law that abridges the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the U.S. called also privileges or immunities clause ...

Attachment of privilege

Attachment of privilege, is where a man by virtue of his privilege, calls another to that Court, whereto he himself belongs, and in respect thereof is privileged, there to answer some action. It is also a power to apprehend a person in a privileged place, Jac. Law Dict.; 2 Wm. 4, c. 39 (commonly called the Uniformity of Process Act), virtually abolished this proceeding, and 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, enacted that all personal actions in any of the Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster should be commenced by writ of summons....

Breach of privilege

Breach of privilege, contempt of either of the Houses of Parliament. See PRIVILEGE.Breach of privilege, disregard of any of the privileges, rights and immunities either of the Members of Parliament individually or of either House of Parliament in its collective capacity or of its committees; also includes action which obstruct the House in the performance of its functions and thereby lower dignity and authority such as disobedience of its legitimate orders or libel upon itself or its member or officers which are called contempt of the House, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul & S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn. (2001), p. 212....

Privilege and concession

Privilege and concession, a privilege has been defined as a particular and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, and a concession as a form of privilege. An option to purchase or repurchase has been held to be such a privilege or concession, V. Pechimuthu v. Gowrannal, AIR 2001 SC 2446 (2449): (2001) 7 SCC 617....

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