Privilegium

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Privilege, which see.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

PROPTER, PROPERTY. A qualified property in animals fertv nnturw, i. e. a privilege of hunting, taking, and killing them, in exclusion of others. 2 BJa. Com. 394.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Roman law. A special constitution by which the Roman emperor conferred on some single person some anomalous or irregular right, or imposed upon some single person some anomalous or irregular obligation, or inflicted on some single person some anomalous or irregular punishment. When such privilegia conferred anomalous rights, they were styled "favorable." When they imposed anomalous obligations, or inflicted anomalous punishments, they were styled "odious." Aust Jur. § 748. In modern civil law, "privilegium" is said to denote, in its general sense, every peculiar right or favor granted by the law, contrary to the common rule. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 197. A species of lien or claim upon an article of property, not depeudent upon possession, but continuing until either satisfied or released. Such ls the lien, recognized by modern maritime law, of seamen upon the ship for their wages. 2 Pars. Mar. Law, 561.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Lat.

In old English law. A privilege. Privilegium clericale: the clerical privilege; the benefit of clergy. Privilegium est beneficium personale, et extinguitur cum persona: a privilege is a personal benefit or favor, and is extinguished with the person. Privilegium non valet contra rempublicam: privilege is of no force against the commonwealth.

In the Roman law. A private law; properly, a special law of the kind called constitutio, ordained by the emperor.

In modern civil law. Any peculiar right or favor granted by the law, contrary to the common rule.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

A private law: an enactment which conferred upon a person some anomalous or irregular right, or imposed some sucli obligation or punishment.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A privilege. In Roman law, an exemption conferred or burden imposed upon an individual, peculiar to himself. Also, the enactment creating the exemption or burden. See Aust. Jur. lect. 28. A privilegium, in the Koman law, was an act of legislation by which the supreme legislature, whether senate or emperor, conferred on some single person some anomalous or irregular right, or imposed upon some single person some anomalous or irregular obligation, or inflicted on some single person some anomalous or irregular punishment. When such privilegia conferred anomalous rights, they were styled favorable. When they imposed anomalous obligations or inflicted anomalous punishments, they were styled odious. An act of the British parliament, giving to the inventor of a machine an exclusive right of selling it, would be styled, in the language of the Roman law, " a favorable privilege." An act of attainder would be styled " an odious privilege." Privilege, in English, denotes rather the anomalous right than the law giving the anomalous right; and, in common and loose talk, the word privilege seems to be merely synonymous with right. Mozley Sj- W. Privilegium clericale. The benefit of clergy, now abolished. Privilegium est beneficium personale, et eztinguitur cum persona. A privilege is a personal benefit, and dies Privilegium est quasi privata lex. Privilege is, as it were, a private law. 2 Buls. 189. Privilegium non valet contra rempublicam. Privilege is of no force against the commonwealth. Even necessity does not excuse, where the act to be done is against the commonwealth. Bacon Max.