trial privilege

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• privilege — priv·i·lege n [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… …   Law dictionary

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• privilege — A particular and peculiar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company, or class, beyond the common advantages of other citizens. An exceptional or extraordinary power or exemption. A peculiar right, advantage, exemption, power, franchise,… …   Black's law dictionary

• Trial of Penenden Heath — The Trial of Penenden Heath occurred in the decade after Norman Conquest of England in 1066, probably in 1072, [ The Date of the Trial on Penenden Heath by John Le Patourel, The English Historical Review (1946), pp. 378 388.] and involved a… …   Wikipedia

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