01 n. Privacy; secrecy; confidence.
pl.
Privities ((-tĭz))
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1.
Privacy; secrecy; confidence.“I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my purpose.” — Spenser.
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2.
Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.“All the doors were laid open for his departure, not without the privity of the Prince of Orange.” — Swift.
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3.
A private matter or business; a secret.
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4.
The genitals; the privates.
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5.
A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as to some particular transaction; mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property.(Law)