Tuesday, September 25, 2012
privity
\ PRIV-i-tee \ , noun;
1.Participation in the knowledge of something private or secret, especially as implying concurrence or consent.
2.Private or secret knowledge.
3.Law . The relation between privies.
4.Obsolete . Privacy.
Quotes:
Kazbitch — at least I imagine so — thought that Azamat had robbed him of his horse, with his father's privity and consent.
-- Mikhail Y. Lermontov, "A Hero of Our Own Times"
But Judith had not meddled with the arrangement, and every necessary disposition was made without her privity or advice.
-- James Fenimore Cooper, 'The Leatherstocking Tales"
Origin: Privity stems from the Old French words prive meaning "private, close friend, private place."
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