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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.]


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This he likewise did with the privity and approbation of the American government.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Your inquiries frightened him into the vestry by night--your inquiries, without your privity and against your will, have served the hatred and wreaked the vengeance of three-and-twenty vears.
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