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Private Treaty
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private treaty n
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: a sale of property on terms determined between the buyer and the seller [got better prices by private treaty than his neighbors did at auction]
Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.