English Dictionary

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does attorney-client privilege mean? 

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE (noun)
  The noun ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE has 1 sense:

1. the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his clientplay

  Familiarity information: ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("attorney-client privilege" is a kind of...):

privilege ((law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"The exception proves the rule." (English proverb)

"You can't find stupidity in the forest." (Bulgarian proverb)

"If three people tell you that you are drunk, you better lie down." (American proverb)

"God's mills mill slowly, but surely." (Czech proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact