PRIVITY

privity. Privity, n. knowledge, private communication

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Priv″i‐ty (?), n.; pl. Privities (–tĭz). [[From Privy, a.: cf. F. privauté extreme familiarity.]] 1. 1. Privacy; secrecy; confidence. Chaucer.
I will unto you, in privity, discover . . . my purpose. Spenser. 2. 2. Private knowledge; joint knowledge with another of a private concern; cognizance implying consent or concurrence.
All the doors were laid open for his departure, not without the privity of the Prince of Orange. Swift. 3. 3. A private matter or business; a secret. Chaucer.
4. 4. pl. The genitals; the privates.
5. 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.