Privy \Priv"y\, n.; pl. {Privies}.
1. (Law) A partaker; a person having an interest in any
action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate
created by another; a person having an interest derived
from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a
party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished
from party. --Burrill. Wharton.
2. A necessary house or place; a backhouse.