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Definition of Privity
1. n. Privacy; secrecy; confidence.
Definition of Privity
1. Noun. (obsolete) A divine mystery; something known only to God, or revealed only in holy scriptures. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A private matter, a secret. ¹
3. Noun. (context: now rare archaic) Privacy, secrecy. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic in the plural) The genitals. ¹
5. Noun. (legal) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, contract etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Privity
1. private knowledge [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Privity
Literary usage of Privity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1920)
"privity. The fact that there is, in reality, no privity between the promisor and the
... The cases in which it is insisted that privity is necessary, ..."
2. Principles of the Law of Contract: With a Chapter on the Law of Agency by William Reynell Anson, Arthur Linton Corbin (1919)
"To many students and practitioners of the common law privity of contract' became a
... If without privity of contract, one may become indebted to another, ..."
3. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant by John Neilson Taylor (1887)
"privity of Estate and Contract — A lessee, during his occupation, ... His privity
of estate depends upon and is co-existent with the continuance of his term ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1832)
"In the case mentioned by Littleton, there is no privity between the donor and
the lessee of the donee for life. A release therefore from the donor to the ..."
5. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"In the case mentioned by Littleton, there is no privity between the donor and
the lessee of the donee for life. A release therefore from the donor to the ..."
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