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private injury. See personal injury (2) under INJURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

private grant. See GRANT. [Blacks Law 8th]

private foundation. See FOUNDATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

private fact. See FACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

privateering, n. Int’l law. The practice of arming privately owned merchant ships for the purpose of attacking enemy trading ships. • Before the practice was outlawed, governments commissioned privateers by issuing letters of marque to their merchant fleets. Privateering was prohibited by the Declaration of Paris Concerning Naval Warfare of 1856, which has been observed…

privateer (prI-v<<schwa>>-teer), n. 1. A vessel owned and operated by private persons, but authorized by a nation on certain conditions to damage the commerce of the enemy by acts of piracy. 2. A sailor on such a vessel. [Blacks Law 8th]

private easement. See EASEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

private delict. See DELICT. [Blacks Law 8th]

private corporation. See CORPORATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

private contract. See CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]