privilege : Idioms & Phrases

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attorney-client privilege

  • 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. -
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husband-wife privilege

  • noun neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
    husband-wife privilege.
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informer's privilege

  • noun the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
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journalist's privilege

  • noun the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
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marital communications privilege

  • noun neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
    husband-wife privilege.
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physician-patient privilege

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.
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Water privilege

  • the advantage of having machinery driven by a stream, or a place affording such advantage. U. S.
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Writ of privilege

  • (Law), a writ to deliver a privileged person from custody when arrested in a civil suit. Blackstone.
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