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Dictionary Results for privity:

1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Privity \Priv"i*ty\, n.; pl. Privities (-t[i^]z). [From
   Privy, a.: cf. F. privaut['e] extreme familiarity.]
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   1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. --Chaucer.
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            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.
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            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. --Chaucer.
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   4. pl. The genitals; the privates.
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   5. (Law) A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as
      to some particular transaction; mutual or successive
      relationship to the same rights of property.
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