Definition of privy

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Privy (n.) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party..

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Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy..
Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..
Backhouse :: Backhouse (n.) A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
Gong :: Gong (n.) A privy or jakes.
Jakes :: Jakes (n.) A privy.
Signet :: Signet (n.) A seal; especially, in England, the seal used by the sovereign in sealing private letters and grants that pass by bill under the sign manual; -- called also privy signet..
Wardrobe :: Wardrobe (v. t.) A privy.
Latrine :: Latrine (n.) A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Secret; clandestine.
Privy :: Privy (a.) Appropriated to retirement; private; not open to the public.
Privy :: Privy (n.) A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party..
Water-closet :: Water-closet (n.) A privy; especially, a privy furnished with a contrivance for introducing a stream of water to cleanse it..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse..
Nakedness :: Nakedness (n.) The privy parts; the genitals.
Private :: Private (a.) Having secret or private knowledge; privy.
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
Privily :: Privily (adv.) In a privy manner; privately; secretly.
Stabber :: Stabber (n.) One who, or that which, stabs; a privy murderer..
Privy :: Privy (a.) Admitted to knowledge of a secret transaction; secretly cognizant; privately knowing.
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