| 释义 |
privileged communication
1. A confidential official communication that may be withheld from production in court proceedings because disclosure of its contents would be against the public interest. 2. A communication between parties in a confidential relationship, such as solicitor and client, evidence of which may not be given without the consent of the party to whom the privilege belongs. 3. (in the tort of defamation) A communication protected by absolute privilege or by qualified privilege. |