Privies
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
are persons who are _partakers, or have an interest in any action or thing, or any relation to another. Weod, Inst. b.
2, c. 3, p- 255; 2 Tho. Co. Litt. 506; Co. Litt. 271 a.
There are several kinds of privies, namely, privies in blood, as the heir is to the ancestor, 'privies in representation, as is the executor or administrator to the deceased; privies in estate, as the 're- ‘lation between the donor and donee, ‘lessor and lessee; privies in respect to contracts; and privies on account of estate and contract together.
Tho. Co. Lit. 506; Prest. Conv. 327 to 345.
Privies have also been divided into privies in fact, and privies in law.
8 Co. 42 b. Vide Vin. Ab. -Privity; 5 Com. Dig. 347; Ham. on Part. 1381; Woodf. Land. & Ten. 279.