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Confidential

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

confidential


1 : known or conveyed only to a limited number of people [a disclosure]
2 : marked by or indicative of intimacy, mutual trust, or willingness to confide esp. between parties one of whom is in a position of superiority [the relationship of doctor and patient]
3 : containing information whose unauthorized disclosure could be prejudicial to the national interest
con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty [kÄ n-fi-den-chē-a-lə-tē]
n

con·fi·den·tial·ly adv




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