privileged sanctuary

Definitions

1. 1

   An area that is granted special protection or immunity from military operations or…

   An area that is granted special protection or immunity from military operations or attacks, such as a religious or cultural site or one belonging to another party than those involved in a conflict.

   • For example, Walter Lippman has written that "it is for all practical purposes impossible to win a guerrilla war if there is a privileged sanctuary behind the guerrilla fighters."
2. 2

   A refuge where certain species are granted a protected status and cannot be killed.

3. 3

   A category of a commercial transaction in which one business or organization holds…

   A category of a commercial transaction in which one business or organization holds exclusive rights to operate.

   • In its presentation, the Post Office has stated to this committee that the present restrictions on the size and weight of parcel post provide a privileged sanctuary for one company — REA Express.
   • We have seen that some 60 percent have legislation and if it be true that without legislation, McCarran-Ferguson has no application, the antitrust laws apply, where is the privileged sanctuary?
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   1. 4

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see privileged, sanctuary.

      • But he has brought economic motivation into the privileged sanctuary of pastoral, courtly, and religious poetry.
      • Westminster was the most highly privileged sanctuary in England and it offered permanent protection from prosecution at common law as well as exemptions from taxes and trading regulations.

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