prīvĭlēgĭum (noun N) : privus-lex
* A bill or law in favor of or against an individual (class.): in privatos homines leges ferri noluerunt; id est enim privilegium,Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 44; cf. id. Sest. 30, 65; id. Dom. 17, 43: de te privilegium tulit,id. Par. 4, 32; id. Brut. 23, 89: licuit tibi ferre non legem, sed nefarium privilegium,id. Dom. 10, 26: privilegia irrogare,id. ib. 10, 42: vim et crudelitatem privilegii publicis litteris consignavit,id. Red. in Sen. 11, 29.
* In the post-Aug. period, an ordinance in favor of an individual, privilege, prerogative (cf.: beneficium, jus praecipuum, immunitas): coloniam habuisse privilegium, et vetustissimum morem, arbitrio suo rempublicam administrare,Plin. Ep. 10, 47 (56), 1; Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 109 (110): quaedam privilegia parentibus data sunt, Sen. Ben. 3, 11, 1: privilegio munitus,Dig. 38, 17, 2: privilegium aetatis,Just. 2, 10, 2; Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 13, 15: sacerdotum,Suet. Aug. 93: athletarum,id. ib. 45.

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