A connection, or bond of union, between parties, as to some particular transaction; mutual or successive relationship to the same rights of property
The legal status of being a party to a contract or a third party beneficiary of a contract
Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property, or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right
The principle that only the parties to a contract, including its designated arbitrators, need to have knowledge of or control over the contents and performance of that contract Privity as an objective of smart contract is a generalization of the legal principle of privity It formalizes the tradition of "it's none of your business" Attacks against privity are epitomized by Eve the eavesdropper, a passive observer of contents or performance, and malicious vandal Mallet, who actively interferes with performance or steals value Privacy and confidentiality, or protecting the value of information about a contract, its parties, and its performance from Eve, is thus subsumed under privity Privity often comes into conflict with observability and verifiability
A mutual relationship to the same rights of property; a contractual relationship
{i} secret, confidential information; knowledge of confidential information; complex relations between individuals involved in a legal transaction (Law); privacy