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Privilegium non valet contra rempublicam — A privilege is of no avail as against the state … Ballentine's law dictionary
Privilegium contra rempublicam non valet — Privilege as against the state is of no avail … Ballentine's law dictionary
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
state — n often attrib 1 a: a politically organized body of people usu. occupying a definite territory; esp: one that is sovereign b: the political organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government… … Law dictionary
