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Definition of Private treaty
1. Noun. A sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Private Treaty
Literary usage of Private treaty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1813)
"Did the pensioner offer to come into the queen's measures, if she would assure
them she had no private treaty with France? If she would give them (the ..."
2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Privy Council (1905)
"Mr. Kerly admitted that, if the words " by private treaty " had not beau inserted
a(t«r the words " when and if the purchase is complete J," he would ba out ..."
3. English Estate Forestry by Arthur C Forbes (1904)
"Of the various methods of selling English timber, three stand out fairly distinct.
They are—1st, Sale by private treaty; 2nd, Sale by tender; 3rd, ..."
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