Privileged

Privileged communication — A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his legal adviser, or by persons to their religious or medical advisers

Privileged debts — those to which a preference in payment is given out of the estate of a deceased person, or out of the estate of an insolvent.

Privileged witnesses — witnesses who are not obliged to testify as to certain things, as lawyers in relation to their dealings with their clients, and officers of state as to state secrets; also, by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally.