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
The notion that there is some kind of general interest of the community as a whole which can be affected by the actions of governments or private agents
Benefiting the general public, a large class of persons or the natural world Not something which only benefits one person or a small number of people at the expense of the general public or our environment