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privilege
1. A right, advantage, or immunity granted to or enjoyed by a person, or a body or class of people.
2. Beyond the common advantages of others; an exemption in a particular case from certain burdens or liabilities.
3. A bill of law in favor or against an individual (privus, "single, private" plus leg, stem of lex, legis, "law".
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attorney-client confidentiality and privilege
Relation between a counsel and his/her client wherein any information exchanged between them will not be disclosed to others; such as, prosecutors.

Attorneys are protected from disclosing information about the clients they represent because of this privilege.

This entry is located in the following unit: Criminal Court Words or Judicial Terms + (page 4)