privities

Variant of privity

noun pl. privities

    1. private or secret knowledge, as shared between persons
    2. participation in this
  1. Law a successive relationship to or mutual interest in the same property or rights, established by law or legalized by contract, as between a testator and legatee, lessor and lessee, etc.

Origin: ME privete < OFr < L privus, private

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