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has gloss	(noun) (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship privilege
lexicalization	eng: privilege
subclass of	(noun) an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away" right
has subclass	(noun) the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client attorney-client privilege
has subclass	(noun) the right of the government to refuse to reveal the identity of an informer informer's privilege
has subclass	(noun) the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information journalist's privilege
has subclass	(noun) neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married marital communications privilege, husband-wife privilege
has subclass	(noun) the right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient physician-patient privilege
has subclass	(noun) the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges priest-penitent privilege

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has category	(noun) the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" law, jurisprudence