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Definition of Attorney-client privilege
1. Noun. The right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client.
Definition of Attorney-client privilege
1. Noun. (legal) An american legal doctrine that protects certain confidential communications between a lawyer and his or her clients. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Attorney-client Privilege
Literary usage of Attorney-client privilege
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. General Explanation of Tax Legislation Enacted in 1998: Report of the Joint edited by William Roth, Bill Archer (2000)
"Communications protected by the attorney-client privilege must be based on ...
Thus, a taxpayer may not claim the benefits of the attorney-client privilege ..."
2. IRS Restructuring: Congressional Hearings edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"As a practical matter, the attorney-client privilege is not as broad in the ...
The new provision assumes that the attorney-client privilege protects all ..."
3. Corporate Crime in America: Strengthening the "Good Citizen" Corporation edited by Richard P. Conaboy (1998)
"It will provide you with a lot of very useful text for two reasons: first, it
will help you argue that the attorney-client privilege deserves to be broadly ..."
4. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"Do you want to do away with the attorney-client privilege? Are you all for that?
What do you think, professor? Senator BIDEN. Yes, I will, because I will do ..."
5. Freedom of Information Act Guide and Privacy Act Overview, (1996) by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"Attorney-Client Privilege The third traditional privilege incorporated into
Exemption 5 concerns "confidential communications between an attorney and his ..."
6. Financial Investigations: A Financial Approach to Detecting and Resolving Crimesby Don Vogel by Don Vogel (1999)
"... Physician/Patient • Accountant/Client • Law Enforcement Officer/Informant
Attorney/Client The attorney/client privilege must be strictly adhered to. ..."
7. Global Settlement of Tobacco Litigation: Congressional Hearing edited by John McCain (2000)
"General Humphrey says that—I really do not know practically what he is talking
about, frankly, because there is an attorney-client privilege in this country ..."
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