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priv·i·ty
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ˈprɪv
ɪ
ti
/
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priv
-i-tee
]
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noun,
plural
priv·i·ties.
1.
private or secret knowledge.
2.
participation in the knowledge of something private or secret, especially as implying concurrence or consent.
3.
Law
.
the relation between privies.
4.
Obsolete
.
privacy.
Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English
privete, privite
<
Old French.
See
privy
,
-ity
Related forms
non·priv·i·ty,
noun,
plural
non·priv·i·ties.
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the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact
defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing
nullification or withdrawal, especially of an offer to contract
an allegation made by a party to a legal suit, in support of his or her claim or defense; a defendant's answer to a legal declaration or charge
a written declaration upon oath made before an authorized official
a state or condition of real property in which title is not as yet vested in a known titleholder
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privity
(ˈprɪvɪtɪ)
—
n
,
pl
-ties
1.
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
[C13: from Old French
priveté
]
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