privileged communication
1privileged communication — n 1: confidential communication 2 a: a defamatory communication that does not expose the party making it to the liability that would follow from it if not privileged – called also absolutely privileged communication; b: a defamatory stat …
2Privileged communication — Privileged Priv i*leged, a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. [1913 Webster] {Privileged communication}. (Law) (a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it,… …
3privileged communication — n. Law 1. a communication that one cannot legally be compelled to divulge, as that to a lawyer from a client 2. a communication made under certain circumstances, as in a legislative proceeding, such that it is not actionable as slander or libel …
4privileged communication — Law. See confidential communication. * * * or confidential communication In law, communication between parties to a confidential relation such that the communication s recipient is exempted from disclosing it as a witness. Communications between… …
5privileged communication — noun 1. : a communication between parties to a confidential relation such that the recipient cannot be legally compelled to disclose it as a witness (as a communication between lawyer and client, physician and patient, husband and wife) called… …
6Privileged Communication — Interaction between two parties in which the law recognizes a private, protected relationship. Whatever is communicated between these pairs of parties shall remain confidential, and the law cannot force disclosure of these communications. The… …
7privileged communication — A communication between persons in such a confidential relationship, be it attorney and client, physician and patient, or confessor and penitent, that public policy prohibits the disclosure thereof by the person to whom it was made, as a witness… …
8privileged communication — priv·i·leged communication priv ə lijd n a communication between parties to a confidential relation (as between physician and patient) such that the recipient cannot be legally compelled to disclose it as a witness …
9conditionally privileged communication — n: privileged communication (2b) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
10absolutely privileged communication — absolutely privileged com·mu·ni·ca·tion n: privileged communication (2a) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
