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marital-communications privilege

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A quick definition of marital-communications privilege:

Marital-communications privilege: This is a legal rule that protects the privacy of conversations between married couples. It means that neither spouse can be forced to testify in court about private conversations they had with each other during their marriage. This privilege is similar to other types of privileges, like doctor-patient or lawyer-client privilege, which protect confidential information.

A more thorough explanation:

The marital-communications privilege is a legal protection that allows spouses to keep confidential any communications made between them during their marriage. This means that neither spouse can be forced to testify in court about private conversations they had with their spouse during their marriage.

For example, if a husband and wife are involved in a legal case and the husband made a statement to his wife during their marriage that is relevant to the case, the wife cannot be forced to testify about that statement in court. This is because the marital-communications privilege protects the confidentiality of their private conversations.

Another example is if a wife confesses to her husband that she committed a crime, the husband cannot be forced to testify about that confession in court. The marital-communications privilege applies even if the couple is no longer married at the time of the legal case.

The purpose of the marital-communications privilege is to encourage open and honest communication between spouses without fear that their private conversations will be used against them in court. It is important to note that the privilege only applies to communications made during the marriage and does not extend to communications made before or after the marriage.

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One manager came in sick wearing a mask, got roasted and stopped wearing it that day. The entire office has been cycling sickness for two weeks now. It may not be super effective but it may help in slowing the spread during meetings when we have to be so close
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am i the only one who has never gotten my status checker to work on here?
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@ChowieBean: want to see what schools they share an applicant pool with, think it is all data harvesting stuff no a +/- for the applicant
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ok good cuz idk whether i wanna tell them or not
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thanks bulbasaur
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not to be that guy again but berkeley person/applicant id is back and Shiny New Logo
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@ChowieBean: should be required to tell them, the schools who asked I only told them the schools in their area not all of them.
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@jackfrost11770: if i get a berk A today and they have that logo im withdrawing (/s /s /s /j /j /j)
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@ChowieBean: me too lol. you applying to public interest scholars program?
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i was raised like blocks away from umiami
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idk if i wanna go back to florida tho so im applying there as safety/target 💀
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@ChowieBean: doing the same thing
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