privity

1. All the doors were laid open for his departure, not without the privity of the King.
   所有的门都为他的离开而开启，而国王对此事并非一无所知。

priv.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 priv.i.ties
Knowledge of something private or secret shared between individuals, especially with the implication of approval or consent.
私下知悉，默契：几个人共同知道的秘密或隐秘的事情，尤指一致赞同或同意
Law
【法律】
A relation between parties that is held to be sufficiently close and direct to support a legal claim on behalf of or against another person with whom this relation exists.
当事人的相互关系：当事人之间关系密切、直接到足以支持对代表或紧靠这种关系中另一方的法律要求的关系
A successive or mutual interest in or relationship to the same property.
同一产权的共有或继承关系

来源：
Middle English privete [secrecy, privacy]
中古英语 privete [秘密，隐秘]
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin provit3s
源自 中世纪拉丁语 provit3s
from Latin provus [single, alone] * see per
源自 拉丁语 provus [单独的，孤独的] *参见 per