Marital Communications Privilege (Noun)
Meaning
Neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The attorney could not compel the wife to testify against her husband due to the marital communications privilege.
- In the trial, the judge upheld the marital communications privilege, protecting the husband from revealing sensitive information about his wife.
- The concept of marital communications privilege is rooted in the idea that a healthy marriage relies on open and honest communication between spouses.
- The court ruled that the defendant's conversations with her spouse about the crime were protected under the marital communications privilege.
- The marital communications privilege bars either spouse from testifying about confidential communications made during the marriage.