About The Word Privileged
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Privileged
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What's The Definition Of Privileged?
[adj] confined to an exclusive or group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"
[adj] blessed with privileges; "the privileged few" [adj] not subject to usual rules or penalties; "a privileged statement" Synonyms | Synonyms for Privileged: advantaged | exclusive | exempt | favored | inner | inside Related Terms | Find terms related to Privileged: Privileged In Webster's Dictionary \Priv"i*leged\, a.
Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right,
advantage, or immunity.
{Privileged communication}. (Law)
(a) A communication which can not be disclosed without the
consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by
a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their
religious or medical advisers.
(b) A communication which does not expose the party making it
to indictment for libel, -- such as those made by persons
communicating confidentially with a government, persons
consulted confidentially as to the character of servants,
etc.
{Privileged debts} (Law), those to which a preference in
payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person,
or out of the estate of an insolvent. --Wharton.
--Burrill.
{Privileged witnesses} (Law) witnesses who are not obliged to
testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to
their dealings with their clients, and officers of state
as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and
physicans are placed in the same category, so far as
concerns information received by them professionally.
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