Privy definition

Privy means an above grade structure allowing for the disposal of excreta not transported by a sewer and which provides privacy and shelter and prevents access to the excreta by flies, rodents, or other vectors.

Privy means an enclosed nonportable toilet into which nonwater−carried human wastes are deposited to a subsur- face storage chamber.

Privy means an enclosed nonportable toilet into which human wastes not carried by water are deposited to a subsurface storage chamber that may or may not be watertight.

Examples of Privy in a sentence

• And when reports of this disjuncture circulated back to Europe, King James forced two small, unofficial summits in 1621 and 1622.168 Neither, however, amounted to any formal agreements.169 Throughout 1623 and 1624, James I continued to hold sporadic negotiations between Ambassador Caron, the Dutch embassy, and commissioners of the Privy Council.170 Even this inter-state dialogue began to fall apart, however.

• Both of these men had been authors of the authoritative report supporting James’ claim to the Northern European fisheries in 1609, as well as the subsequent negotiations with Caron over the issue in 1610.80 Clement Edmondes was clerk to the Privy Council and had significant experience in the Netherlands as a military administrator for Elizabeth’s army in the late 1590s.

More Definitions of Privy

Privy means a structure and necessary appurtenances used for the sanitary disposal or storage of human wastes without the aid of water carriage. It does not include chemical, composting, portable or incinerator toilets.

Privy means a place set apart for defecating or urinating or both, together with the structure comprising such place, the receptacle therein for human excreta and the fittings and apparatus, if any, connected therewith, and includes a closet of the dry type, and aqua privy, a latrine and a urinal;

Privy means a self-enclosure over a watertight structure located in a pit designed to directly receive human excrement.

Privy means a facility for the disposal of human

Privy means a portable or fixed sanitary facility used for excretion in a shelter separate and apart from any building and without water-borne disposal.

Privy means a cavity in the ground or a portable above− ground device constructed for toilet uses which receives human excrement either to be partially absorbed directly by the surround- ing soil or stored for decomposition and periodic removal.

Privy means a structure used for the deposition of human body wastes.