Private Act
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Statute; General Law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
Defined under Act in Black's Law Dictionary.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
statute. A statute affecting which the courts are not bound to take notice. poration: V. Corporation. Private law: between subject and subject; v. Public law. Private nuisance: a nuisance affecting a estate; v. Nuisance. Privatum commodum publico cedit, or modum publico bono pensatur, /. yield to pubhc; or, the private inconvenience public good. Privatorum pacta, etc.: v.