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<p>relating to their spouse. However, in some countries, the spousal privileges have their roots in the <a href="page.php?w=legal_fiction">legal fiction</a> that a husband and wife were <a href="page.php?w=coverture">one person</a>.</p>

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<p>In the <a href="page.php?w=United_States">United States</a>, federal <a href="page.php?w=case_law">case law</a> dictates the privileges permissible and prohibited in federal trials, while state case law governs their scope in state courts. A common rule for both</p><p>
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