privity
priv.i.ty \'priv-*t-e-\ n [ME privite, fr. OF, fr. ML privitat-, privitas, fr. L pri]vus private - more at PRIVATE 1: private or joint knowledge of a private matter; esp : cognizance implying concurrence 2a: a relationship between persons who successively have a legal interest i n the same right or property 2b: 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