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[Latin privilegium<\/i> law affecting a specific person, special right, from privus<\/i> private + leg-<\/i> lex<\/i> law]
1<\/b> :<\/b> a right, license, or exemption from duty or liability granted as a special benefit, advantage, or favor: as
a<\/b> :<\/b> 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<\/i>
:<\/b> the affirmative defense that an action is privileged compare excuse<\/a> <\/p>\n

absolute privilege<\/b>
:<\/b> a privilege that exempts a person from liability esp. for defamation regardless of intent or motive
;specif<\/i>
:<\/b> 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 <\/p>\n

qualified privilege<\/b>
:<\/b> a privilege esp. in the law of defamation that may be defeated esp. by a showing of actual malice called also conditional privilege<\/i>
b<\/b> :<\/b> an exemption from a requirement to disclose information (as for trial) that is granted because of a relationship or position that demands confidentiality [the attorney-client ] [the doctor-patient ] [the marital ] [the priest-penitent ] see also confidential communication<\/a> <\/p>\n

deliberative process privilege<\/b>
:<\/b> a privilege exempting the government from disclosure (as in discovery) of government agency materials containing opinions, recommendations, and other communications that are part of the decision-making process within the agency <\/p>\n

executive privilege<\/b>
:<\/b> a privilege exempting the executive branch of government from disclosing communications if such disclosure would adversely affect the functions and decision-making process of that branch see also United States v. Nixon<\/i> in the Important Cases section NOTE: Executive privilege is based on the separation of powers doctrine. In United States v. Nixon<\/i>, the Supreme Court held that this privilege is not absolute and that without a claim of a need to protect military, diplomatic, or national security secrets, the need for evidence in a criminal trial will outweigh a general assertion of executive privilege. <\/i> <\/p>\n

informant’s privilege<\/b>
:<\/b> the privilege of the government to withhold the identity of an informant who has provided evidence for a criminal trial called also informer’s privilege<\/i> <\/p>\n

jour·nal·ist’s privilege<\/b>
:<\/b> reporter’s privilege <\/a> in this entry <\/p>\n

privilege against self-incrimination<\/b>
:<\/b> a privilege under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protecting a person from compulsion to make self-incriminating statements <\/p>\n

re·port·er’s privilege<\/b>
:<\/b> a privilege protecting a reporter from compulsion to reveal information acquired in the course of gathering news called also journalist’s privilege<\/i>
c<\/b> :<\/b> something specially permitted or granted as a matter of discretion that may be limited or taken away [right to…mooring permit is not necessarily created because discretionary state was generously granted in [the] past “National Law Journal<\/i>“] compare right<\/a>
d<\/b> in the civil law of Louisiana<\/i>
:<\/b> a right of a creditor conferred by the nature of a debt to have priority over the debtor’s other creditors
2<\/b> :<\/b> any of various fundamental or specially sacred rights considered as particularly guaranteed to all persons by a constitution and esp. by the privileges and immunities clause of the U.S. Constitution <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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