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(law) A privilege given to lawmakers to prevent them from being sued for libel or slander due to statements made on the floor, regardless of whether they were made in good faith.
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An honorable mention in an academic contest.
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(law) A person who assists or protects someone wanted by the police in connection with a crime.
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(law) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory.
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The position of being heir apparent.
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(law) A legal doctrine that protects certain confidential communications between a lawyer and his or her clients.
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(law) A legal concept where a court finds that portions of a contract are unenforceable, but other portions of the contract are enforceable.
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One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
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(law) In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.
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(law) A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.
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(law) The legal process for adjudicating claims that someone has violated criminal law.
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(law, by extension) The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
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(obsolete) One who arbitrates or decides; a judge.
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To enjoy a commanding position in some field
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(Scotland, archaic) A judge; a deemster.
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(law) A legal doctrine and form of secondary liability under which individual entities can be held jointly liable for some action on the basis of being part of a shared enterprise.
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(law) A likelihood of success based on the merit of a case; a requirement for admission to certain benefits, such as legal aid and injunctions.
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(law) (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
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US government system for providing medical assistance to persons unable to afford medical treatments.
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(US, law) The right to freely express one's opinion in public, without it being subjected to restrictions.
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A privilege or possession held or claimed exclusively by a certain person, group or class.
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(US, law) Any trait of a person, such as their race, that may give them an advantage under affirmative action.
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(law) Abbreviation of prerogative. [A hereditary or official right or privilege.]
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A right, especially when due to one's position or role.
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(law) A class of writ that effects control over an inferior court or public authority.
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(computing, informal, usually in the plural) Clipping of privilege. [(ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.]
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(obsolete, law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc.
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Obsolete spelling of privilege [(ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.]
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Obsolete form of privilege. [(ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.]
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Obsolete form of privilege. [(ecclesiastical law, now chiefly historical) An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.]
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(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
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(rare) One who benefits from a privilege.
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One who confers a privilege.
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A social system in which some people have privileges that others do not.
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(law) A judge-made rule that overprotects a constitutional right in order to safeguard that right or facilitate detection of violations of it.
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Obsolete form of prerogative. [A hereditary or official right or privilege.]
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(law, US) A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith.
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(US, law) legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process.
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(law) A law that justifies the use of lethal force when it is necessary to defend oneself against great bodily harm, kidnapping, rape, robbery or any other serious crime without a duty to retreat.
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(Scotland, law) The process by which execution may proceed without the need of further application to the court, in the case of bonds and other instruments registered for execution.
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(law) legal philosophy under which penal redress to crime should only be used as a measure of last resort
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(law) The exemption of a witness from court duty until summoned and compensated for their expense.
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(sociology) The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.
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