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law of evidence, a privilege is a rule of evidence that allows the holder of the privilege to refuse to disclose information or provide evidence about...

part of the rules of evidence in many common law jurisdictions. Almost every jurisdiction that recognizes physician–patient privilege not to testify in court...

spousal privilege (also called marital privilege or husband-wife privilege) is a term used in the law of evidence to describe two separate privileges that...

Attorney–client privilege or lawyer–client privilege is the common law doctrine of legal professional privilege in the United States. Attorney–client privilege is...

clergy–penitent privilege, clergy privilege, confessional privilege, priest–penitent privilege, pastor–penitent privilege, clergyman–communicant privilege, or ecclesiastical...

admissible as evidence in court Privilege (canon law) Privilege (law), a permission granted by law or other rules Executive privilege, the claim by the...

In United States law, confessional privilege is a rule of evidence that forbids the inquiry into the content or even existence of certain communications...

secrets privilege is an evidentiary rule created by United States legal precedent. Application of the privilege results in exclusion of evidence from a...

relevance, privilege, witnesses, opinions, expert testimony, identification and rules of physical evidence. There are various standards of evidence, standards...

The Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) and identical provisions in the Evidence Act 1995 of NSW and Tasmania now control when privilege prevents evidence is adduced...

Privilege (canon law) Privilege (evidence) Privilège du blanc Privilege of peerage Social privilege Szlachta's privileges Look up privilege in Wiktionary, the...

Secondary evidence is permissible to prove issues covered by private privilege, but not those covered by State privilege. Private privilege may be waived;...

Parliamentary privilege is a legal immunity enjoyed by members of certain legislatures, in which legislators are granted protection against civil or criminal...

Reporter's privilege in the United States (also journalist's privilege, newsman's privilege, or press privilege), is a "reporter's protection under constitutional...

self-incriminate. However, section 5(1) of the Canada Evidence Act eliminated that absolute common law privilege by instead compelling witnesses to testify. In...

White privilege, or white skin privilege, is the societal privilege that benefits white people over non-white people in some societies, particularly if...

In Australia, legal professional privilege (also referred to as client legal privilege) is a rule of law protecting communications between legal practitioners...

proof in criminal proceedings, the privilege against self-incrimination, limitations on the use of secret evidence, limitations on ex parte proceedings...

and other fields, the principle of least privilege (PoLP), also known as the principle of minimal privilege (PoMP) or the principle of least authority...

Admissible evidence, in a court of law, is any testimonial, documentary, or tangible evidence that may be introduced to a factfinder—usually a judge or...