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confidential communication : a communication between parties to a confidential relation (as husband and wife, attorney and client, or doctor and patient) such that the recipient of the communication has a privilege exempting him or her from disclosing it as a witness called also privileged communication ...
Confidential communication
Confidential communication. See PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION....
privileged communication
privileged communication 1 : confidential communication 2 a : a defamatory communication that does not expose the party making it to the liability that would follow from it if not privileged called also absolutely privileged communication b : a defamatory statement made by one person to another who is in a confidential relation (as that of a prospective employer) or who has an interest therein that may upon proof of bad faith or actual malice be deprived of its privileged character called also conditionally privileged communication ...
communication
communication : the expression to another of information or thoughts through speech, writing, or gestures see also confidential communication, privileged communication ...
privilege
privilege [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 from liability where an action is deemed to be justifiable (as in the case of self-defense) or because of the requirements of a position or office ;also : the affirmative defense that an action is privileged compare excuse absolute privilege : a privilege that exempts a person from liability esp. for defamation regardless of intent or motive ;specif : a privilege that exempts high public officials (as legislators) from liability for statements made while acting in their official capacity without regard to intent or malice qualified privilege : a privilege esp. in the law of defamation that may be defeated esp. by a showing of actual malice called also conditional privilege b : an exemption from a requirement to disclose information (as fo...
confidentiality
the state or attribute of being secret privacy as you must respect the confidentiality of your clients communications...
Confidential report
Confidential report, a confidential report is intended to be general assessment of work performed by a Government servant subordinate to the reporting authority, that such reports are maintained for the purpose of serving as data of comparative merit when questions of promotion, confirmation, etc. arise. They also show that such reports are not ordinarily to contain specific incidents upon which assessments are made except in cases where as a result of any specific incident a censure or a warning is issued and when such warning is by an order to be kept in the personal file of the Government servant, R.L. Butail v. Union of India, (1971) 2 SCR 55: (1970) 2 SCC 876 (880). [CCS (Classification Central and Appeal) Rules 1965, R. 11]...
confidential
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 ...
confidential relationship
confidential relationship : fiduciary relationship ...
confidentiality
confidentiality The relation between lawyer and client which guarantees any information shared by the client is treated as private and as such cannot be divulged to third parties without the client's consent. Source: FindLaw ...
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