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confidential communication

noun

Law.
  1. a confidential statement made to a lawyer, doctor, or pastor, or to one's spouse, privileged against disclosure in court if the privilege is claimed by the client, patient, penitent, or spouse.


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Origin of confidential communication1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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In addition to investigators, the unit will include an advocate who will maintain regular and confidential communication with families of victims, using culturally appropriate and trauma-informed practices, and serve as a go-between for families and law enforcement.

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The existence of a confidential communication channel between Mary and Castelnau was well-known to historians, and even to the English government at the time.

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The Priestley letter was “a confidential communication” that was “never meant to trouble the public mind.”

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Mr. Rusesabagina and his lawyers also said that his rights to confidential communication and his ability to prepare his defense while he was in jail were repeatedly violated.

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Democrats argue that the doctrine of executive privilege — intended to shield confidential communication between a president and his advisers — was never meant to apply to the kind of information the committee is now seeking.

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