Defamation. The privilege protecting any statement made in the course of and with reference to a judicial proceeding by any judge, juror, party, witness, or advocate. — Also termed courtroom privilege. [Cases: Libel and Slander 38. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood § 71.]
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fair-report privilege. A defense to liability for publishing defamatory matter from a report of an official or judicial proceeding, when the report is a full, fair, and accurate account of the proceeding. [Cases: Libel and Slander 39, 42. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood §§ 69–70, 99–100, 103.]
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abdication (ab-di-kay-sh[schwa]n), n. The act of renouncing or abandoning privileges or duties, esp. those connected with high office (Edward VIII’s abdication of the Crown in 1936) (the court’s abdication of its judicial responsibility). — abdicate (ab-di-kayt), vb. — abdicable (ab-di-k[ schwa]-b[schwa]l), adj. — abdicator (ab-di-kay-t[schwa]r), n.
object (ob-jekt), n. 1. A person or thing to which thought, feeling, or action is directed (the natural object of one’s bounty). See NATURAL OBJECT. object of a power. A person appointable by a donee. See POWER OF APPOINTMENT. 2. Something sought to be attained or accomplished; an end, goal, or purpose (the financial objects
Evidence that is relevant and is of such a character (e.g., not unfairly prejudicial, based on hearsay, or privileged) that the court should receive it. — Also termed competent evidence; proper evidence; legal evidence. [Cases: Criminal Law 661; Federal Civil Procedure 2011; Trial 43. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 656, 751, 1202; Trial § 162.]
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compel, vb. 1. To cause or bring about by force, threats, or overwhelming pressure (a lawyer cannot be compelled to testify about a privileged communication). 2. (Of a legislative mandate or judicial precedent) to convince (a court) that there is only one possible resolution of a legal dispute (the wording of the statute compels us
tutorship. Civil law. The office and power of a tutor; the power that an individual has, sui juris, to take care of one who cannot care for himself or herself. • The four types of tutorship are (1) tutorship by nature, (2) tutorship by will, (3) tutorship by the effect of the law, and (4)
state secret. A governmental matter that would be a threat to the national defense or diplomatic interests of the United States if revealed; information possessed by the government and of a military or diplomatic nature, the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest. • State secrets are privileged from disclosure by a
droit de greffe (drwah d[schwa] gref), n. [French “a right concerning the clerk’s office”] Hist. French law. The Crown’s privilege to sell offices connected with the custody of judicial records or official acts.
core rights. 1. Human rights that are generally recognized and accepted throughout the world. • These rights include freedom from extrajudicial execution, torture, and arbitrary arrest and detention. Core rights are embodied in many human-rights conventions, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant