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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

horizontal nonprivity.

The lack of privity occurring when the plaintiff is not a buyer within the distributive chain, but one who consumes, uses, or is otherwise affected by the goods. ( For example, a houseguest who becomes ill after eating meat that her host bought from the local deli is in horizontal nonprivity with the deli.

nonprivity

The fact or state of not being in privity of contract with another; lack of privity. See PRIVITY.

vertical nonprivity

See NONPRIVITY.

vertical nonprivity.

The lack of privity occurring when the plaintiff is a buyer within the distributive chain who did not buy directly from the defendant. ( For example, someone who buys a drill from a local hardware store and later sues the drill's manufacturer is in vertical nonprivity with the manufacturer.