: a branch of law concerned with private persons, property, and relationships compare public law
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebHe’s been dogged by other controversies, including legal action from campaign employees and companies alleging they weren’t paid for work at Fioretti’s campaign and private law practice.Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022 Before joining the Greater Baltimore Committee, Fry ran a private law practice in Harford County, while also serving in the Maryland General Assembly, both in the House of Delegates and the Senate. Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2022 Karla Fiaoni, a former Chicago Heights police chief who now has a private law practice, will handle a matter involving two co-defendants. Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 19 Apr. 2022 It should be considered perfectly normal for former presidents to sit on corporate boards, go into private law practice, run for Senate or governor, or accept an appointment as ambassador. Grayson Quay, The Week, 7 Apr. 2022 The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which the actor founded in the late 1990s, awarded grants to a fund that in turn backed a private law firm's efforts to hold oil companies liable for climate change. Thomas Catenacci, Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022 Koester noted in her systemwide message, sent on the 50th anniversary of Title IX, that Cal State had hired a private law firm to conduct a Title IX review. Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 The latest development comes just one day after NPR reported that the city of Uvalde has hired a private law firm to help prevent the release of surveillance videos and bodycam footage from the incident. Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 20 June 2022 However, a recent letter from the city's lawyer, Cynthia Trevino, who works for the private law firm Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, to Attorney General Ken Paxton explains why those requests have gone unanswered. Ariana Garcia, Chron, 17 June 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1773, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
private law
noun
: a branch of law concerned with private persons, property, and relationships compare public law