What is the marital communications privilege, and what is required for the privilege to apply?

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The marital communications privilege is a rule that holds that communications between spouses during the marriage is privileged. The communication is privileged and cannot be the subject of testimony by a spouse if the communication was intended to be a confidential one, was communicated between spouses, did not involve a crime upon one spouse by the other, and was not overheard by a third person.

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