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confidential relationship.See RELATIONSHIP. [Blacks Law 8th]

confidential marriage.See MARRIAGE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

confidentiality statute.A law that seals adoption records and prevents an adopted child from learning the identity of his or her biological parent and prevents the biological parent from learning the identity of the adoptive parents. — Also termed sealed-record statute. [Blacks Law 8th]

confidential communication.See COMMUNICATION. CONFIDENTIALITY confidentiality,n.1. Secrecy; the state of having the dissemination of certain information restricted. 2. The relation between lawyer and client or guardian and ward, or between spouses, with regard to the trust that is placed in the one by the other. [Cases: Witnesses  184–223. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 297–389.] CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT confidentiality agreement.See NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT. [Blacks Law…

confidential adoption.See closed adoption under ADOPTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

confidence man.One who defrauds a victim by first gaining the victim’s confidence and then, through trickery, obtaining money or property; a swindler. • The equivalent term confidence woman is exceptionally rare, even though women are often involved in confidence games. — Often shortened to con man. See CONFIDENCE GAME. Cf. BUNCO-STEERER. CONFIDENTIAL confidential,adj.1. (Of information) meant to…

confidence game.A means of obtaining money or property whereby a person intentionally misrepresents facts to gain the victim’s trust so that the victim will transfer money or property to the person. — Also termed con game; con. Cf. BUNCO. [Cases: False Pretenses  16.] [Blacks Law 8th]

confession of judgment. 1. A person’s agreeing to the entry of judgment upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event, such as making a payment. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure  2396; Judgment  29. C.J.S. Judgments §§ 138, 152–153, 169.] 2. A judgment taken against a debtor by the creditor, based on the debtor’s written consent. [Cases:…

confession and avoidance.A plea in which a defendant admits allegations but pleads additional facts that deprive the admitted facts of an adverse legal effect. • For example, a plea of contributory negligence (before the advent of comparative negligence) was a confession and avoidance. — Also termed avoidance; plea in confession and avoidance; plea of confession…

confession,n. A criminal suspect’s oral or written acknowledgment of guilt, often including details about the crime. Cf. ADMISSION; STATEMENT(3). [Cases: Criminal Law  516. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 878.] “A confession is an acknowledgment in express words, by the accused in a criminal case, of the truth of the main fact charged or of some essential part of…