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单词 parliamentary privilege
释义

privilege /privˈ(ə-)lij or -i-lij/

noun
  1. An advantage, right or favour granted to or enjoyed by an individual, or a select few
  2. Freedom from burdens borne by others
  3. Advantages and power enjoyed by people of wealth and high social class
  4. A happy advantage
  5. (an opportunity that one interprets as) a special pleasure or honour, as in a privilege to meet you
  6. A prerogative
  7. A franchise, monopoly or patent granted to an individual or company
  8. An option to purchase or sell securities (US stock exchange)
  9. A sacred and vital civil right
  10. Advantage yielded in a struggle (Shakespeare)
  11. Right of sanctuary (Shakespeare)
transitive verb
  1. (usu in passive) to grant a privilege to
  2. To exempt (with from)
  3. To authorize or license
ORIGIN: Fr privilège, from L prīvilēgium, from prīvus private, and lēx, lēgis a law

privˈileged adjective

  1. Enjoying a privilege or privileges
  2. Enjoying the advantages of wealth and class

breach of privilege

Any interference with or slight done to the rights or privileges of a legislative body

privilege of parliament or parliamentary privilege

Special rights or privileges enjoyed by members of parliament, such as freedom of speech (not subject to slander laws), and freedom from arrest except on a criminal charge

question of privilege

Any question arising out of the rights of an assembly or of its members

writ of privilege

An order for the release of a privileged person from custody

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