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CONFIDENTIAL

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In trusted with the confidence of another or with his secret affairs or purposes; intended to be held in confidence or kept secret Confidential oommnnioations. See COMMUNICATION. Confidential creditor. This term has been applied to the creditors of a failing debtor who furnished him with the means of obtaining credit to which he was not entitled, involving in loss the … [Read more...] about CONFIDENTIAL

CONFARREATIO

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In Roman law. A sacrificial rite resorted to by marrying persons of high patrician or priestly degree, for the purpose of clothing the husband with the manus over his wife; the civil modes of effecting the same thing being coemptio, (formal,) and U8US mulieris, (Informal.) Brown. … [Read more...] about CONFARREATIO

CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION

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(A) Communications and Information that is exchanged between two people who have both (i) an intention that the communication shared should be kept confidential and not shared, and (2) have a private relationship which the law recognize a special privilege. Such privileged communications that cannot be compelled to be disclosed in court (barring special exceptions) and which … [Read more...] about CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION

CONFECTIO

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The making and completion of a written instrument 5 Coke, 1. … [Read more...] about CONFECTIO

CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIP

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A fiduciary, a close relationship where trust and confidentiality is to be expected, frequently where one party is in a position of power or has the benefit of greater knowledge. … [Read more...] about CONFIDENTIAL RELATIONSHIP

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