privity of contract

The relationship between the parties to a contract, allowing them to sue each other but preventing a third party from doing so.

• The requirement of privity has been relaxed under modern laws and doctrines of implied warranty and strict liability, which allow a third-party beneficiary or other foreseeable user to sue the seller of a defective product. [Cases: Contracts 186; Sales 255. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 610–611; Sales § 240–241, 284, 288–289.]

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