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/prˈaɪvət nˈusəns/ Listen

adjective

Private adj.

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary.

Sequestered from company or observation; appropriated to an individual; secret; secluded; lonely; solitary; as, a private room or apartment; private prayer. "Reason... then retires Into her private cell when nature rests."

Not invested with, or engaged in, public office or employment; as, a private citizen; private life. "A private person may arrest a felon."

Not publicly known; not open; secret; as, a private negotiation; a private understanding.

Having secret or private knowledge; privy. (Obs.)

Private act or Private statute, a statute exclusively for the settlement of private and personal interests, of which courts do not take judicial notice; opposed to a general law, which operates on the whole community. In the United States Congress, similar private acts are referred to as private law and a general law as a public law.

Private nuisance or Private wrong. See Nuisance.

Private soldier. See Private, n., 5.

Private way, a right of private passage over another man's ground; also, a road on private land, contrasted with public road, which is on a public right of way.

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Etymology of 'Private nuisance'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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