Exclusive
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Shutting out; debarring from interference or participation; vested in one person alone. An exclusive right is one which only the grantce thereof can exercise, and from which all others are prohibited or shut out. A statute does not grant an “exclusive” privilege or franchise, unless ié shuts ont or excludes others from enjoying a similar privilege or franchise.
98 N. Y. 151.