balancing test
balancing test 〈美〉平衡原则 法院在权衡个人权利和政府权力或州权与联邦最高权之间相关权益时所使用的司法原则，尤其是涉及宪法问题时，以决定哪种权益占优势。
BALANCING TEST
balancing test
balancing test. A judicial doctrine, used esp. in constitutional law, whereby a court measures competing interests — as between individual rights and governmental powers, or between state authority and federal supremacy — and decides which interest should prevail.