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legal professional privilege

noun/ˈliːɡəl prəˈfeʃənəl ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ/

C2CEFR level
75/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The rule protecting confidential communications between lawyer and client, and certain communications made for litigation, from compelled disclosure.

Advice on the merits of the claim was covered by legal professional privilege and was properly redacted from the bundle.

Similar: LPP

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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