Private

prī′vāt, adj. apart from the state: not invested with public office: peculiar to one's self: belonging to an individual person or company: not public: retired from observation: secret: not publicly known: not holding a commi ion.— n. a common soldier: ( Shak. ) a person without public office, a secret me age, privacy, retirement.— adv. Prī′vately .— n. Prī′vatene .— Private act , ., an act, ., which deals with the concerns of private persons—opp. to General act , .; Private judgment , the judgment of an individual, esp. on the meaning of a pa age or doctrine of Scripture, as distinguished from the interpretation of the church; Private law , that part of law which deals with the rights and duties of persons quâ individuals; Private legislation , legislation affecting the interests of private persons; Private parts , the sexual organs; Private property , rights , the property, rights of individual persons, as distinguished from that which belongs to a public body and is devoted to public use; Private trust , a trust managed in the interest of private parties; Private wrong , an injury done to an individual in his private capacity.— In private , privately, in secret; The private ( obs. ), the private life of individuals. [L. privatus , pa.p. of privāre , to separate— privus , single.]