attorney-client privilege
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Attorney-client privilege — is a legal concept that protects communications between a client and his or her attorney and keeps those communications confidential. The policy underlying this privilege is that of encouraging open and honest communication between clients and… … Wikipedia
attorney-client privilege — noun confidential relationship, confidentiality, fiduciary privilege, immunity from divulging confidences, nondisclosable relationship, private relationship, privileged relationship Generally:{{}}protected relationship… … Law dictionary
attorney-client privilege — noun the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client • Hypernyms: ↑privilege … Useful english dictionary
attorney-client privilege — legal right to preserve the confidentiality of conversations between a lawyer and client (one cannot legally be forced to reveal this information) … English contemporary dictionary
Attorney-client matching — (ACM), which has sometimes been referred to as online legal matching, is a subset of legal advertising that allows participating attorneys to be matched with potential clients seeking legal representation. ACM websites allow users to submit their … Wikipedia
Accountant-client privilege — is a confidentiality privilege, or more precisely, a group of privileges, available in American federal and state law. Accountant client privileges may be classified in two categories: evidentiary privileges and non evidentiary privileges.An… … Wikipedia
privilege — priv‧i‧lege [ˈprɪvlɪdʒ] noun 1. [countable] a special advantage given to a small group of people, organizations, countries etc: • The new trade privileges will enhance Vienna s effort to attract US companies. • The Treasury will allow dealers to … Financial and business terms
client — I noun business contact, buyer of labor, cliens, consultor, consumer, customer, employer of legal advice, hirer, offerer, patron, patron of professional servies, patronizer, person employing advice, person represented, person represented by… … Law dictionary
privilege log — USA A document that describes the nature of communications, documents or other tangible things being withheld from disclosure in litigation under the attorney client privilege, attorney work product doctrine or other applicable privilege or… … Law dictionary
privilege — priv·i·lege n [Latin privilegium law affecting a specific person, special right, from privus private + leg lex law] 1: a right, license, or exemption from duty or liability granted as a special benefit, advantage, or favor: as a: an exemption… … Law dictionary
