Privileges or Immunities Clause. The constitutional provision (U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 1) prohibiting state laws that abridge the privileges or immunities of U.S. citizens. • The clause was effectively nullified by the Supreme Court in the Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. (16 Wall.) 36 (1873). Cf. DUE PROCESS CLAUSE; EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE. [Cases: Constitutional Law […]
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Privileges and Immunities Clause. The constitutional provision (U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2, cl. 1) prohibiting a state from favoring its own citizens by discriminating against other states’ citizens who come within its borders. [Cases: Constitutional Law 207. C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 649.]
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privileges and immunities clause 〈美〉特权与豁免条款指美国宪法第四条第二款和第十四修正案第一款，其内容是规定每一州公民享受各州公民的一切特权与豁免，并且无论何州均不得制定或实施剥夺合众国公民的特权与豁免的法律。 (→privileges and immunities)
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privileges and immunities 〈美〉公民的特权和豁免权(→privileges and immunities clause)
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Comity Clause. The clause of the U.S. Constitution giving citizens of one state the right to all privileges and immunities enjoyed by citizens of the other states. U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2, cl. 1. See PRIVILEGES AND IM-MUNITIES CLAUSE . [Cases: Constitutional Law 207. C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 649.]
An entity, such as a corporation, created by law and given certain legal rights and duties of a human being; a being, real or imaginary, who for the purpose of legal reasoning is treated more or less as a human being. • An entity is a person for purposes of the Due Process and Equal
right to travel 〈美〉迁徙权 长期以来一直受宪法保护的一项权利，其典型例证是在某州没有居住满一定期限者，有权申请该州的福利支助，在美国认为剥夺公民的此项权利，就是剥夺其迁徙权，因而也剥夺了其法律平等保护权〔equal protection of the law〕。虽然，美国宪法并没有具体规定该项权利，但早在19世纪60年代，美国最高法院宣布宪法第四条中的特权和豁免权条款〔Privileges and Immunities Clause〕保证每个人都有跨州来往的权利。在新近的几个案例中，最高法院也再次遵循了州际迁徙原则，坚持州无权为迁徙设置障碍的原则。
common calling. 1. An ordinary occupation that a citizen has a right to pursue under the Privileges and Immunities Clause. [Cases: Constitutional Law 207(2). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 667, 670.] 2. A commercial enterprise that offers services to the general public, with a legal duty to serve anyone who requests the services. • For example,
right to travel. A person’s constitutional right — guaranteed by the Privileges and Immunities Clause — to travel freely between states.
corporate citizenship. Corporate status in the state of incorporation, though a corporation is not a constitutional citizen for the purposes of the Privileges and Immunities Clauses in Article IV, § 2 and in the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [Cases: Corporations 1.1(3), 52. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 3, 107–109, 886.]
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