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PrivateNot general, as a private act of the legislature; not in office; as, a private person, as well as an officer, may arrest a felon; individual, as your private interest; not public, as a private way, a private nuisance.
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General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
Private
Not general, as a private act of the legislature; not in office; as, a private person, as well as an officer, may arrest a felon; individual, as your private interest; not public, as a private way, a private nuisance.
Legislature
Government. That body of men in the state which has the power of making laws.
Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Well
A hole dug in the earth in order to obtain water.
Arrest
To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal authority.
Felon
A person convicted of a felony crime.
Interest
1) Estates. The right which a man has in a chattel real, and more particularly in a future term. It is a word of less efficacy and extent than estates, though, in legal understanding, an interest extends to estates, rights and titles which a man has in or out of lands, so that by a grant of his whole interest in land, a reversion as well as the fee simple shall pass. 2) Contracts. The right of property which a man has in a thing, commonly called insurable interest. 3) Evidence. The benefit which a person has in the matter about to be decided and which is in issue between the parties.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Nuisance
Criminal law, torts. This word means literally annoyance; in law, it signifies, according to Blackstone, " anything that worketh hurt, inconvenience, or damage."
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Private carriage
Carriage of particular goods of one shipper under a special contract, usually by charterparty, as opposed to the common (public) carriage of goods of the public in general, on advertised, "liner" routes, usually under bills of lading or waybills.
Private company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Private easement
exists in favor of one or more individuals.
Private law
An act of the legislature which relates to some private matters, which do not concern the public at large.
Privateer
War. A vessel owned by one or by a society of private individuals, armed and equipped at his or their expense, for the purpose of carrying on a maritime war, by the authority of one of the belligerent parties.
Privement enceinte
This term is used to signify that a woman is pregnant, but not quick with child;
Privies
Persons who are partakers, or have an interest in any action or thing, or any relation to another.
Privilege
1) Civil law. A right which the nature of a debt gives to a creditor, and which entitles him to be preferred before other creditors. 2) Maritime law. An allowance to the master of a ship of the general nature with primage, being compensation or rather a gratuity customary in certain trades, and which the law assumes to be a fair and equitable allowance, because the contract on both sides is made under the knowledge such usage by the parties. 3) Rights. This word, taken its active sense, is a particular law, or a particular disposition of the law, which grants certain special prerogatives to some persons, contrary to common right. In its passive sense, it is the same prerogative granted by the same particular law.
Privileged communications
Those statements made by a client to his counsel or attorney, or solicitor, in confidence, relating to some cause Or action then pending or in contemplation.
Privilegium clericale
The same as benefit of clergy.
Privity
The mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property.
Privity of contract
The relation which subsists between two contracting parties.
Privity of estate
The relation which subsists between a landlord and his tenant.
Privy
One who is a partaker, or has an interest in any action, matter or thing.
Privy council
English law. A council of state composed of the king and of such persons as he may select.
Privy seal
English law. A seal which the king uses to such grants or things as pass the great seal.
Privy verdict
One which is delivered privily to a judge out of court.
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Prisage
The name of an ancient duty taken by the English crown on wines imported into England.
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Prison breaking
The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common law.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Prisoner of war
One who has been captured while fighting under the banner of some state. He is a prisoner, although never coufined in a prison.
Private
Private carriage
Carriage of particular goods of one shipper under a special contract, usually by charterparty, as opposed to the common (public) carriage of goods of the public in general, on advertised, "liner" routes, usually under bills of lading or waybills.
Private company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Private easement
exists in favor of one or more individuals.
Private law
An act of the legislature which relates to some private matters, which do not concern the public at large.
Privateer
War. A vessel owned by one or by a society of private individuals, armed and equipped at his or their expense, for the purpose of carrying on a maritime war, by the authority of one of the belligerent parties.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
General
1) A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2) Something opposed to special; as, a general verdict, the general issue, which expressions are used in contradistinction to special verdict, special issue. 3) Principal, as the general post office. 4) Not select, as a general ship. 5) Not particular, as a general custom. 5) Not limited, as general jurisdiction. 7) This word is sometimes annexed or prefixed to other words to express or limit the extent of their signification; as Attorney General, Solicitor General, the General Assembly.
Private
Not general, as a private act of the legislature; not in office; as, a private person, as well as an officer, may arrest a felon; individual, as your private interest; not public, as a private way, a private nuisance.
Legislature
Government. That body of men in the state which has the power of making laws.
Office
An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Well
A hole dug in the earth in order to obtain water.
Arrest
To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal authority.
Felon
A person convicted of a felony crime.
Interest
1) Estates. The right which a man has in a chattel real, and more particularly in a future term. It is a word of less efficacy and extent than estates, though, in legal understanding, an interest extends to estates, rights and titles which a man has in or out of lands, so that by a grant of his whole interest in land, a reversion as well as the fee simple shall pass. 2) Contracts. The right of property which a man has in a thing, commonly called insurable interest. 3) Evidence. The benefit which a person has in the matter about to be decided and which is in issue between the parties.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Nuisance
Criminal law, torts. This word means literally annoyance; in law, it signifies, according to Blackstone, " anything that worketh hurt, inconvenience, or damage."
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Private carriage
Carriage of particular goods of one shipper under a special contract, usually by charterparty, as opposed to the common (public) carriage of goods of the public in general, on advertised, "liner" routes, usually under bills of lading or waybills.
Private company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Private easement
exists in favor of one or more individuals.
Private law
An act of the legislature which relates to some private matters, which do not concern the public at large.
Privateer
War. A vessel owned by one or by a society of private individuals, armed and equipped at his or their expense, for the purpose of carrying on a maritime war, by the authority of one of the belligerent parties.
Privement enceinte
This term is used to signify that a woman is pregnant, but not quick with child;
Privies
Persons who are partakers, or have an interest in any action or thing, or any relation to another.
Privilege
1) Civil law. A right which the nature of a debt gives to a creditor, and which entitles him to be preferred before other creditors. 2) Maritime law. An allowance to the master of a ship of the general nature with primage, being compensation or rather a gratuity customary in certain trades, and which the law assumes to be a fair and equitable allowance, because the contract on both sides is made under the knowledge such usage by the parties. 3) Rights. This word, taken its active sense, is a particular law, or a particular disposition of the law, which grants certain special prerogatives to some persons, contrary to common right. In its passive sense, it is the same prerogative granted by the same particular law.
Privileged communications
Those statements made by a client to his counsel or attorney, or solicitor, in confidence, relating to some cause Or action then pending or in contemplation.
Privilegium clericale
The same as benefit of clergy.
Privity
The mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property.
Privity of contract
The relation which subsists between two contracting parties.
Privity of estate
The relation which subsists between a landlord and his tenant.
Privy
One who is a partaker, or has an interest in any action, matter or thing.
Privy council
English law. A council of state composed of the king and of such persons as he may select.
Privy seal
English law. A seal which the king uses to such grants or things as pass the great seal.
Privy verdict
One which is delivered privily to a judge out of court.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Prisage
The name of an ancient duty taken by the English crown on wines imported into England.
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Prison breaking
The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common law.
Prisoner
One held in confinement against his will.
Prisoner of war
One who has been captured while fighting under the banner of some state. He is a prisoner, although never coufined in a prison.
Private
Private carriage
Carriage of particular goods of one shipper under a special contract, usually by charterparty, as opposed to the common (public) carriage of goods of the public in general, on advertised, "liner" routes, usually under bills of lading or waybills.
Private company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Private easement
exists in favor of one or more individuals.
Private law
An act of the legislature which relates to some private matters, which do not concern the public at large.
Privateer
War. A vessel owned by one or by a society of private individuals, armed and equipped at his or their expense, for the purpose of carrying on a maritime war, by the authority of one of the belligerent parties.
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