HyperDic: attorney-client_privilege

English > 1 sense of the expression *attorney-client privilege*:
NOUN	attribute	attorney-client privilege	the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client

English > *attorney-client privilege*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client.
Broader	privilege	(law) the right to refuse / refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship