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

  • This distinction had been given significant weight in XxxXxxx v XxxXxxx [2008] UKPC 64, where the Privy Council of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man found that only post-nuptial agreements were contractually binding.


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 fitting and apparatus, if any, connected therewith, and including a closet of the dry type, and aqua privy, a latrine and 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 excreta.
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 disposal of human waste without the aid of water. It consists of a shelter built above a pit or vault in the ground into which human waste falls.