- privy vault
- The walled-in space below an outdoor privy. Not a water closet, since no supply of water is maintained for flushing it. Commonwealth v Roberts, 155 Mass 281, 29 NE 522.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
privy vault
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