Privities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Privity \Priv"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Privities} (-t[i^]z). [From
     {Privy}, a.: cf. F. privaut['e] extreme familiarity.]
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     1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. --Chaucer.
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              I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my
              purpose.                              --Spenser.
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     2. Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a
        private concern; cognizance implying consent or
        concurrence.
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              All the doors were laid open for his departure, not
              without the privity of the Prince of Orange.
                                                    --Swift.
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     3. A private matter or business; a secret. --Chaucer.
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     4. pl. The genitals; the privates.
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     5. (Law) A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as
        to some particular transaction; mutual or successive
        relationship to the same rights of property.
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