Pro Bono Publico meaning for the public good. Voluntarily legal work donated by attorneys without compensation to assist those who are of limited financial resources so as to obtain justice. Typical recipients include those who are indigent, victims of crime without means, those affected by social causes and those who are minors. … [Read more...]

For good and ill; for advantage and detriment … [Read more...]

The benefit of clergy, (g. v.) Privilegium est beneficium personale, et extinguitur cum persona. 3 Bulst. 8. A privilege is a personal benefit, and dies with the person. Privilegium est quasi privata lex. 2 Bulst. 189. Privilege is, as it were, a private law. Privilegium non valet contra rempub licam. Privilege is of no force against the commonwealth. Even necessity does not … [Read more...]

For the public good; for the welfare of the whole. … [Read more...]

A qualified property in animals feres natura; i.e., a privilege of hunting, taking, and killing them, in exclusion of others. 2 Bl. Comm. 394 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 9. … [Read more...]