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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Privatively, adv. [e.m.E. privatively (1611), id.] To the exclusion of (to) others, exclusively. —1672 M.P. Brown Suppl. Decis. II 643.
Exporting, importing, and retailing, are the privileges of the royal burghs privatively to all others
