Law Dictionary Definitions

private letter ruling. See LETTER RULING. [Blacks Law 8th]

private law. 1. The body of law dealing with private persons and their property and relationships. Cf. PUBLIC LAW(1). 2. See special law under LAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

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

private judging. A type of alternative dispute resolution whereby the parties hire a private individual to hear and decide a case. • This process may occur as a matter of contract between the parties or in connection with a statute authorizing such a process. — Also termed rent-a-judging. “In contrast [to arbitration], private judging is…

private international law. See INTERNATIONAL LAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

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…