PRIVATE LAW Definition & Meaning

private law

noun

a branch of law dealing with the legal relationships of private individuals. Compare public law ( def 2 ).
a statute affecting only one person or a small number of persons directly.

private law

noun

the branch of law that deals with the rights and duties of private individuals and the relations between them Compare public law

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Origin of private law¹

First recorded in 1765–75

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This past week has seen firings at the Pentagon, an Executive Order targeting a private law firm, the installation of a podcaster and January 6 denialist as #2 at the FBI, and an incident in which an audience member at an Idaho townhall was wrestled to the ground and led away in zip ties by private security that answer to no lawful police entity.

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This week he signed an executive order pulling security clearances from a private law firm that is representing former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith.

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The government literally called the private law firm where I next worked and told them I could not be trusted.

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The rollout will be staggered, and transparency will first apply to public law – care cases – then to private law, where parents are separating, and lastly to magistrates' courts.

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According to research, over half of all private law cases involving children include allegations of domestic abuse.

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