Private

Affecting or belonging to individuals, as distinct from the public generally; not clothed wijh office.

Affecting or belonging to individuals, as distinct from the public generally. Not clothed with office.

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.

Affecting or belonging to a person or persons, not the public at large. Private act: an act which operates only on particular persons and private concerns. Private corporation: a corporation founded by a private person, or the stock of vphich is owned by private persons. Private nuisance: a nuisance affecting a private person or his estate. Private riglits: rights which appertain to a particular person or pei'sons, and relate either to the person, or to personal or real property. Private property: property which belongs absolutely to a person, and of which he has the exclusive right of disposition. Private statute: a statute which operates only on particular persons and private concerns. Private way: a right which a person has of passing over the land of another. Private wrongs: violations of public or private rights, considered in reference to the injury sustained by the individual. Privatis pactioiiibus non dubiuiu est non laedi jus caetorum, I. There is no doubt that the rights of others [third parties] cannot be prejudiced by private agreements.

' Affecting or belonging to a single person or persons, as distinguished from the people at large; opposed to public or state. Compare PUBLIC; Peivy. As, private or a private — agent, boundary, bridge, carrier, charity, corporation, conveyance, counsel, easement, examination of a married woman or witness, law — act or statute, nuisance, person, property, rights, wrong, qq. v. Privateer. A vessel owned and ofl&cered by private persons, but acting under a commission from a hostile or belligerent state, usually called " letters of marque," ' q. v.