privilege

privilège

Droit de faire ou d'avoir quelque chose qui n'est pas accordé à tout le monde.

En anglais simple : Something you are allowed to do or have that is not available to everyone.

• Driving is a privilege.
• Only members enjoy this privilege.
• He lost his visiting privileges after breaking the rules.

Comment l'utiliser : privilege of doing something (Members have the privilege of using the private pool.)

Synonymes : special right, benefit

Expressions courantes : special privilege, enjoy a privilege, privilege of something, social privilege

secret professionnel

Protection juridique permettant de ne pas révéler certaines communications privées comme preuves au tribunal.

En anglais simple : Legal protection that allows certain private communications to be kept out of court evidence.

• The lawyer claimed privilege over the letters.
• Their private conversation was protected by attorney-client privilege.
• The court decided that privilege did not cover those emails.

Synonymes : evidentiary privilege

Expressions courantes : legal privilege, attorney-client privilege, claim privilege