[priv.i.ty] n, pl -ties [ME privite privacy, secret, fr. OF privite, fr. ML privitat-, privatas, fr. L privus private--more at private] (1523) 1 a: a relationship between persons who successively have a legal interest in the same right or property b: an interest in a transaction, contract, or legal action to which one is not a party arising out of a relationship to one of the parties
2: private or joint knowledge of a private matter; esp: cognizance implying concurrence