Private law; the law regulating the rights, couduct, and affairs of Individuals, as distinguished from “public” law, which relates to the constltu-tion and functions of government and the administration of criminal justice. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 8 124. Also private ownership, or the right, title, or dominion of a private owner, as distinguished from “jus publicum” which denotes public ownership, or the ownership of property by the government, either as a matter of territorial sovereignty or in trust for the benefit and
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
