priest-penitent privilege
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A privilege exempting confidential communications made between a priest and a confessor in the confessional from discovery.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary.
Susan Ellis Wild.
2000.
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Priest-penitent privilege — The priest penitent privilege, also known as the clergy privilege, is an application of the principle of privileged communication that protects the contents of communications between a member of the clergy and a penitent, who shares information… … Wikipedia
Priest-penitent privilege in France — and the western portion of Europe received public recognition at a very early date owing to the perceived sacredness of the Seal of the Confessional.HistoryEarly writingsAmong the Capitularies of Charlemagne, the first capitulary of the year 813… … Wikipedia
Priest-penitent privilege in the UK — The doctrine of priest penitent privilege does not apply in English law as privileged communication is granted solely in the context of legal advice obtained from a professional adviser. [ Halsbury s Laws of England (2002)] [McNicol (1992) p.… … Wikipedia
Priest-penitent privilege in pre-Reformation England — The doctrine of priest penitent privilege does not apply in the UK. However, before the Reformation, England was a Roman Catholic country and the Seal of the Confessional had great authority in the English courts.Anglo Saxon EnglandIn Anglo Saxon … Wikipedia
Priest-penitent privilege in England from the Reformation to the nineteenth century — The doctrine of priest penitent privilege does not apply in the UK. Before the Reformation, England was a Roman Catholic country and the Seal of the Confessional had great authority in the English courts. However, the Reformation was followed by… … Wikipedia
priest-penitent privilege — In evidence, the recognition of the seal of confession which bars testimony as to the contents of a communication from one to his confessor. Nearly all states provide for this privilege by statute … Black's law dictionary
priest-penitent privilege — noun the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges • Hypernyms: ↑privilege … Useful english dictionary
privilege — priv·i·lege n [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… … Law dictionary
Privilege (canon law) — Privilege in the Canon law of the Roman Catholic Church is the legal concept whereby someone is exempt from the ordinary operation of the law over time for some specific purpose. DefinitionPapal privileges resembled dispensations, since both… … Wikipedia
