Prĭv'i-leged, p. a.

p. a. Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right or immunity. Privileged communication (Law), a communication which takes place between a client and his legal adviser, and which can not be disclosed without the client's consent; a confidential communication.—Privileged debts (Law), 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. Wharton. Burrill.