Privileged communication
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
One made when the occasion on which the communication was made rebuts the inference prima facie arising from a statement prejudicial to the character of the plaintiff and puts it upon him to prove that there was malice in fact. See 104 Am. St. Rep. 112, note.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
1. A defamatory to another, in pursuance of a duty political, personal, so that an action for libel or slander the statement be false, unless in the last two be proved in addition. 2. A communication closure in a legal proceeding, as one from a Privileged debts: debts which are first decedent's or insolvent's estate, in preference