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vertical nonprivity

The lack of privity occurring when the plaintiff is a buyer within the distributive chain who did not buy directly from the defendant. • For example, someone who buys a drill from a local hardware store and later sues the drill’s manufacturer is in vertical nonprivity with the manufacturer.

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nonprivity

glossary / NONPRIVITY

nonprivity (non-priv-[schwa]-tee). The fact or state of not being in privity of contract with another; lack of privity. See PRIVITY. [Cases: Contracts 186; Sales 255. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 610–611; Sales §§ 240–241, 284, 288–289.] horizontal nonprivity. The lack of privity occurring when the plaintiff is not a buyer within the distributive chain, but one who

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