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Private Rights

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Those rights which relate to the person, or to personal or real property of particular individuals. 1 Chit. Gen. Prac. 3.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Such rights of property as one may possess, unconnected with and not essentially affecting the public interest, or growing out of a public institution or society. See 6 Or. 231, 25 Am. Rep. 513.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Those rights which appertain to a particular individual or individuals, and relate either to the person, or to personal or reni property. 1 Chit Gen. Pr. 3.

Defined under Right in Black's Law Dictionary.