Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shield law

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables: shield- law
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

shield laws (plural)

Questions

What does shield law mean?: legislation designed to provide a news reporter with the right to refuse to testify as to information and/or sources of information obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process.

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