Confessor
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
evid. A priest of some christian sects, who receives an account of the sins of his people, and undertakes to give them absolution of theirsins. The general rule on the subject of giving evidence of confidential communications is, that the privilege 1s confined to counsel, client. Vide Confidential Communications. Contrary to this general rule it has been decided in New York that a priest of the Roman catholic denomination could not be compelled to divulge secrets which he had received in auricular confession.
2 City. Hall Rec. 80, n..
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