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 […]