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Private

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

Black's Law Dictionary

Affecting or belonging to private individuals, as distinct from the public generally. Not official.

Private person. An individual who ls not the incumbent of an office. As to private "Act," "Agent," "Bili," "Boundary," "Bridge," "Carrier," "Chapel," "Co.rporation," "Easement," "Examination," "Ferry," "Nuisance," "Property," "Prosecutor," "Rights," "Road," "Sale," "School," "Seal," "Statute," "Stream," "Trust," "War," "Way," and "Wrongs," see those titles.