#privilege (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
supertype: #right an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature: "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
subtype: #attorney-client_privilege the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
subtype: #informer's_privilege the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer
subtype: #journalist's_privilege the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
subtype: #marital_communications_privilege__husband-wife_privilege neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married
subtype: #physician-patient_privilege__physicianpatientprivilege the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient
subtype: #priest-penitent_privilege the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
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