privilege : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- attorney-client privilege
- Breach of privilege
- husband-wife privilege
- informer's privilege
- journalist's privilege
- marital communications privilege
- physician-patient privilege
- priest-penitent privilege
- privilege against self incrimination
- privilege of the floor
- Question of privilege
- Water privilege
- Writ of privilege
attorney-client privilege
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noun the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
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Breach of privilege
- an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. -
Webster 1913
husband-wife privilege
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noun neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
husband-wife privilege.
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informer's privilege
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noun the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
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journalist's privilege
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noun the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
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marital communications privilege
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noun neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
husband-wife privilege.
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physician-patient privilege
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noun the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
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priest-penitent privilege
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noun the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
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privilege against self incrimination
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noun the civil right (guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself
freedom from self-incrimination.
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privilege of the floor
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noun the right to be admitted onto the floor of a legislative assembly while it is in session
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Question of privilege
(Parliamentary practice) , a question which concerns the security of a member of a legislative body in his special privileges as such.
Webster 1913
Water privilege
- the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. U. S.
Webster 1913
Writ of privilege
(Law) , a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. Blackstone.
