Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Lenient

adj. Tolerant; mild; merciful <lenient sentence>.

lenient test

The principle that the attorneyclient privilege applicable to a document will be waived only by a knowing or intentional disclosure, and will not usu. be waived by an inadvertent disclosure. Cf. strict test; Hydraflow test.