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privity
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priv·i·ty  (prv-t)
n. pl. priv·i·ties
1. Knowledge of something private or secret shared between individuals, especially with the implication of approval or consent.
2. Law
a. A relation between parties that is held to be sufficiently close and direct to support a legal claim on behalf of or against another person with whom this relation exists.
b. A successive or mutual interest in or relationship to the same property.

[Middle English privete, secrecy, privacy, from Old French, from Medieval Latin prvits, from Latin prvus, single, alone; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

privity [ˈprɪvɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. (Law) a legally recognized relationship existing between two parties, such as that between lessor and lessee and between the parties to a contract privity of estate privity of contract
2. secret knowledge that is shared
[from Old French priveté]


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