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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Shutting out; debarring from interference or participation; vested In one person alone. An exclusive right Is one which only the grantee thereof can exercise, and from which all others are prohibited or shut out. A statute does not grant an "exclusive" privilege or franchise, unless it shuts out or excludes others from enjoying a similar privilege or franchise.

In re Union Ferry Co., 98 N. Y. 151.