privilege
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Privilege is a special advantage or exemption from normal rules that is granted to certain people or groups by those in power. It matters because it can create unequal treatment in society, where some people benefit from protections or freedoms that others don't have access to.
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Privilegiu m comitatus palatinus et militikñ ae aurataei a Ferdinando Tertiuo, 1653. This privilege was granted by Ferdinand III of Habsburg, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, to the important College of physicians of Milan, Italy.
A privilege is a certain entitlement to immunity granted by the state or another authority to a restricted group, either by birth or on a conditional basis. Land-titles and taxi medallions are examples of transferable privilege – they can be revoked in certain circumstances. In modern democratic states, a privilege is conditional and granted only after birth. By contrast, a right is an inherent, irrevocable entitlement held by all citizens or all human beings from the moment of birth. Various examples of old common law privilege still exist – to title deeds, for example. Etymologically, a privilege (privilegium) means a "private law", or rule relating to a specific individual or institution.