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Definition of Husband-wife privilege
1. Noun. Neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Husband-wife Privilege
Literary usage of Husband-wife privilege
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Corporate Crime in America: Strengthening the "Good Citizen" Corporation edited by Richard P. Conaboy (1998)
"There is the husband-wife privilege, the doctor-patient privilege, and maybe,
you know, priest-penitent. And that's it. And basically our society has taken ..."
2. Child Victims and Witnesses: A Three-State Profileby Jane Crisp by Jane Crisp (1995)
"... information made to a sexual assault counselor. 90.504(3)(b) 24 Husband-Wife
privilege exception for child abuse, neglect and sexual assault cases. ..."