Private act
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A statute operating only upon particular persons and private concerns, and of which the courts are not bound to take notice.
Unity v. Burrage, 103 U. S. 454, 26 L. Ed. 405; Fall Brook Coal Co. v. Lynch, 47 How. Prae. (N. Y.) 520; Sasser v. Martin, 101 Ga. 447, 29 S. E. 278.