privity
Americannoun
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private or secret knowledge.
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participation in the knowledge of something private or secret, especially as implying concurrence or consent.
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Law. the relation between privies.
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Obsolete. privacy.
noun
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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
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secret knowledge that is shared
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of privity
1175–1225; Middle English privete, privite < Old French. See privy, -ity
Example Sentences
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“The privity between a man and his wife cannot be known,” the judge ruled.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2016
In the Goldberg case, relaxing the privity requirement also imposed "strict liability" on the manufacturer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Main reason: a spate of recent court decisions that have eroded the old doctrine of "privity" while enhancing the new doctrine of "strict liability."
From Time Magazine Archive
Even so, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in 1963 that Mrs. Goldberg could sue Lockheed, though not the altimeter maker, thus conspicuously dispensing with privity.
From Time Magazine Archive
If they were called, was it with his Highness's privity?
From The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 by Masson, David
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