PRIVY

A person who ls in prlvlty with another. See PR1v1Es; Pi1v1TY. · As an adjective, the word has practlcall:s, the same meaning as "private." · -Privy counciL In English law. The principal council of the sovereign, composed of the rabinet ministers, and other persons chosen by the king or queen as privy councijlors. 2 Steph. Comm. 479, 480. The judicial committee of the privy council acts as a court of ultimate appeal in various cases.-Prlvy· councillor. · A member of the privy council.-Privy purse, In English law.. The income.set apart for the S?V· ereign's personal use.-Privy seal, In Engh~h law. A. seal used in making out grants or let· ters patent, preparatory to their pa ing under the' great seal. 2 BI. Comm. 347.-Privy signet. In English law. The signet or seal which is fir,st used in making out grants and letters patent, and which is always in the custody of the principal secretary of state. 2 BI. Comm. 347.-Privy token. A false mark or s!gn, forged object. counterfeited letter, key, ring, etc., used to deceive persons, e.nd thereby fraudul ntly get po e ion of property. St. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 1. A. false privy token is a false pri• vate document or sign, not such as is calcu• lated to deceive men generally, but designed to defraud one or more Individual)!- Cheating by such false token was not indictable at common law. Pub. St. Ma . 1882, p. 1294.-Privy verdict. In practice. A verdict given privily to the judge out of court, but which was of no force unle afterwards affirmed by a public verdict given openly in court. 3 BI. Comm. 377. Kramer v. Kister, 187 Pa. 227, 40 A!l· 1008, 44 L. R. A. 432; Ba,rett v. State, 1 W1s. 175 · Young v. Seymour, 4 Neb. 89; Com, v. Helier 5 Phila. (Pa.) 123. Now g_enerally 1m• persed~d by the "sealed verdict," i. e., one writ• ten out, sealed up, and delivered to the judge or the clerk of the court.. _,.. PRIZE, ID admiralty law. A ve el or cargo, belonging to one of two belligerent powers, apprehended or forcibly captured at sea by a war-ve el or prlvat~r of the other [s. 949]