'Privies' definitions:

Definition of 'Privies'

From: GCIDE
  • Privy \Priv"y\, n.; pl. Privies.
  • 1. (Law) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party. --Burrill. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A necessary house or place for performing excretory functions in private; an outhouse; a backhouse. [1913 Webster +PJC]

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