privity

[ priv-i-tee ]

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.

  1. Law. the relation between privies.

  2. Obsolete. privacy.

Origin of privity

1
1175–1225; Middle English privete, privite<Old French. See privy, -ity

Other words from privity

  • non·priv·i·ty, noun, plural non·priv·i·ties.

Words Nearby privity

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British Dictionary definitions for privity

privity

/ (ˈprɪvɪtɪ) /


nounplural -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

Origin of privity

1
C13: from Old French priveté

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