legal privilege

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• Privilege — Priv i*lege, n. [F. privil[ e]ge, L. privilegium an ordinance or law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, legis, law. See {Private}, and {Legal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Legal professional privilege (Australia) — This article is about an Australian legal term. For the Commonwealth equivalent, see solicitor client privilege; and for the United States, see Attorney client privilege. Legal professional privilege in Australia, also referred to as client legal …   Wikipedia

• Legal professional privilege (Common Law) — This article is a general survey of a Common Law legal term. For a general description of the concept under US law, see Attorney client privilege. For legal professional privilege in England Wales, see legal professional privilege (England Wales) …   Wikipedia

• Privilege (evidence) — Under common law, privilege is a term describing a number of rules excluding evidence that would be adverse to a fundamental principle or relationship if it were disclosed. [Butterworths Concise Australian Legal Dictionary] The most common form… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Privilege (canon law) — Privilege in the Canon law of the Roman Catholic Church is the legal concept whereby someone is exempt from the ordinary operation of the law over time for some specific purpose. DefinitionPapal privileges resembled dispensations, since both… …   Wikipedia

• legal professional privilege — A fundamental right at common law that entitles a litigant to withhold certain evidence during the course of judicial and quasi judicial proceedings. There are two types: • Legal advice privilege (confidential communications between lawyers and… …   Law dictionary

• Legal education — is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end, either related to law (such as politics or academic) or business. It includes: * First degrees in law, which… …   Wikipedia

• privilège — [ privilɛʒ ] n. m. • 1190; var. privilegie, priviliège; lat. jurid. privilegium « loi concernant un particulier » 1 ♦ Droit, avantage particulier accordé à un seul individu ou à une catégorie, en dehors de la loi commune. ⇒ apanage. Concéder,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• privilege — priv‧i‧lege [ˈprɪvlɪdʒ] 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

• legal right — I noun authority, authorization, cause, claim, empowerment, entitlement, freedom, inalienable right, just claim, legitimate right, license, power, prerogative, vested right or interest associated concepts: due process, freedom of the press, free… …   Law dictionary