marital communications privilege
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Definitions from Case Law
From 291 U.S. 7 - Wolfle v. United States · 1934Most cited · 590 citing opinions
The basis of the immunity given to communications between husband and wife is the protection of marital confidences, regarded as so essential to the preservation of the marriage relationship as to outweigh the disadvantages to the administration of justice which the privilege entails