private wrong
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private wrong — noun : a civil injury affecting an individual or person but not the community generally : a wrong for which an individual has legal redress compare public wrong * * * private wrong noun An injury done to an individual in his or her private… … Useful english dictionary
private wrong — An infringement or violation of a right belonging to an individual as an individual, in distinction from the violation of a duty to the nation, to a state, or to the community considered as a community. A violation of a duty due from one person… … Ballentine's law dictionary
wrong — A violation of the legal rights of another; an invasion of right to the damage of the parties who suffer it, especially a tort. State ex rel. and to Use of Donelon v. Deuser, 345 Mo. 628, 134 S.W.2d 132, 133. It usually signifies injury to person … Black's law dictionary
private — Affecting or belonging to private individuals, as distinct from the public generally. Not official; not clothed with office. People v. Powell, 280 Mich. 699, 274 N.W. 372, 373. As to private act private agent private bill private boundary private … Black's law dictionary
private — adj. & n. adj. 1 belonging to an individual; one s own; personal (private property). 2 confidential; not to be disclosed to others (private talks). 3 kept or removed from public knowledge or observation. 4 a not open to the public. b for an… … Useful english dictionary
private purpose — A building up of a private fortune; the redress of a private wrong; the improvement of private property; the promotion of private enterprise, except where such is incident to the public benefit. 51 Am J1st Tax § 321 … Ballentine's law dictionary
private injury — See private wrong … Ballentine's law dictionary
wrong — Private Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrong — Wrong, n. [AS. wrang. See {Wrong}, a.] That which is not right. Specifically: (a) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; the opposite of moral {right}. [1913 Webster] When I had wrong and she the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Private — Pri vate (?; 48), a. [L. privatus apart from the state, peculiar to an individual, private, properly p. p. of privare to bereave, deprive, originally, to separate, fr. privus single, private, perhaps originally, put forward (hence, alone, single) … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
