Private Act
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An act operating only upon particular persons and private concerns, and rather an exception than a rule. Opposed to "public act."
1 Bl. Comm. 86) 1 Term R. 125; Plowd. 28; Dyer, 75, 119; 4 Coke, 76.
Private acts ought not to be noticed by courts unless pleaded.