public interest immunity
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mass noun
- (in the UK and some Commonwealth countries) a principle by which the government can request that sensitive documents are not used as evidence in a trial, on the grounds that to do so would be against the public or national interest（英国及某些英联邦国家的）公众利益豁免（出于公众或国家利益, 敏感性文件不在审判中用作证据）。