| 单词 | crown privilege |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown privilege crown privilege n. a right or advantage granted to, by, or on behalf of a monarch; esp. (Law) (in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries) the right of the Crown to withhold documentary evidence in any legal proceedings on the grounds that it is in the public interest to do so.In a legal context, Crown privilege is now usually referred to as public interest immunity; cf. public interest immunity n. at public adj. and n. Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1652 L. S. Natures Dowrie xxii. 56 Saul and the Kings of the Family of David were exempted from deposition, and capitall punishment, and forcible resistance, yet not by a common Crown-privilege, but by a speciall grant from God. 1853 Lawson's Merchant's Mag. May 347 The Committee recommended that the Crown privileges should be relinquished, and that the Crown and the subject should be placed on the same footing. 1930 Times 31 July 11/4 The statements..are confidential documents, and come within the class for which Crown privilege is claimed. 2006 R. Creyke in T. Campbell et al. Protecting Rights without Bill of Rights iv. 107 Crown privilege was exercised vigorously by government to deny access to information. 2007 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 4 Feb. 8 He will ‘modernise’ the premiership, ditching the ancient Crown privileges of declaring war, signing treaties and appointing peers and Anglican bishops. < as lemmas |
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