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Privity of contract
Privity of contract: common law rule that only parties to a contract can enforce it or be bound by it, criticized from Tweddle v Atkinson and Dunlop v Selfridge and reformed in England by the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
Privy Council (United Kingdom)
The Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a formal body of advisers to the monarch whose members, called Privy Counsellors, give formal effect to Royal Proclamations and Orders in Council, appointed for life by the King on the Prime Minister's advice, meeting about once a month with a quorum of three.
Privy Council of Japan
The Privy Council of Japan (枢密院, Sūmitsu-in) was the supreme advisory body to the Emperor under the Meiji Constitution, deliberating treaties and constitutional questions from 1888 to 1947.
Privy Council of Siam
The Privy Council of Siam (องคมนตรีสภา) was a purely advisory body of officials and royals appointed by the king, created by Chulalongkorn in 1874 and abolished after the 1932 revolution.
Privy Treasury (Shaofu)
The Privy Treasury (少府) was a Han dynasty office, one of the Nine Ministers, that collected taxes on mountains, seas, and marshes to fund the emperor's personal household.
Prix Ahmadou Kourouma
The Prix Ahmadou Kourouma is an annual Swiss literary prize honoring Ivorian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma, awarded at the Geneva Book Fair for French-language fiction by sub-Saharan African authors.
Prix Carbet
The Prix Carbet is an annual literary prize created in Martinique in 1990 by the writer Édouard Glissant, rewarding French or Creole works reflecting the Caribbean and the Americas.
Prix Constantin
The Prix Constantin, also known as the Constantin Award, is a French music prize for the album of a rising artist, awarded each year since 2002.
Prix d'Amérique
Prix d'Amérique (Prix d'Amérique Legend Race), world championship of harness trotting, run last Sunday of January over 2,700 m at Paris-Vincennes; first run 1920, won by Pro Patria; €1,000,000 purse, up to 18 runners aged 4-11.
Prix de Diane
Prix de Diane (Prix de Diane Longines), French Group 1 flat race for 3-year-old fillies over 2,100 m at Chantilly, created 1843 as the French Oaks; €1,000,000 purse, record 2'03"77 (Trêve, 2013), 2026 winner Diamond Necklace.
Prix de Flore
The Prix de Flore is an annual French literary prize founded in 1994 at the Café de Flore in Paris, rewarding a young writer of promising talent each November.
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Group 1 flat horse race over 2,400 m at ParisLongchamp, first run 1920, first Sunday of October, €5m purse, Europe's championship race.
Prix de Lausanne
Prix de Lausanne: annual international ballet competition for dancers aged 15–18, held since 1973 at the Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne; video preselection, jury of nine, scholarships to partner schools and companies; 14 prize winners in 2026.
Prix de Rome (architecture)
The Prix de Rome in architecture (Grand Prix de Rome d'architecture) was a French state competition, held from 1720 to 1968, funding winners' residencies in Rome.
Prix Décembre
The Prix Décembre is an annual French literary prize founded in 1989 as the Prix Novembre, known for honoring bold fiction and nonfiction over guaranteed bestsellers.
Prix des Critiques
The Prix des Critiques was a French literary prize awarded from 1945 by a jury of literary critics, honoring Romain Gary, Marguerite Yourcenar, and Françoise Sagan before lapsing.
Prix des Deux Magots
The Prix des Deux Magots is a French literary prize awarded annually since 1933 to a novel or essay by a jury at the Saint-Germain-des-Prés café.
Prix des Libraires
The Prix des Libraires is a French literary prize created in 1955 and awarded annually by a vote of booksellers, since 2025 also to a novel in translation.
Prix des Libraires du Québec
The Prix des Libraires du Québec is a set of annual literary awards given by booksellers in Quebec since 1994, covering fiction, essays, poetry, comics, and children's literature.
Prix du Livre Inter
The Prix du Livre Inter is a French literary prize created in 1975 and awarded each year in June by a jury of France Inter listeners.
Prix du Quai des Orfèvres
The Prix du Quai des Orfèvres is an annual French literary prize, awarded since 1946 for an unpublished crime novel by a French-language writer, published in at least 50,000 copies.
Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a major French literary prize founded in 1904 by women in reaction to the all-male Goncourt jury, awarded by an all-woman jury.
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is the most prestigious French literary prize, awarded each autumn by the Académie Goncourt to a French-language work of fiction since 1903.
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens is an annual French literary prize, awarded since 1988 by roughly 2,000 high-school students to a novel from the Académie Goncourt's first selection.
Prix Guillaume Apollinaire
The Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, often called the "Goncourt of poetry", is a French literary prize founded in 1941, awarded yearly to a French-language poetry collection recognized for its originality and modernity.
Prix Henri Deschamps
The Prix Henri Deschamps is an annual Haitian literary prize created in 1975 in memory of publisher Henri Deschamps, rewarding unpublished works by Haitian authors.
Prix Interallié
The Prix Interallié is an annual French literary prize for a novel, created in 1930 by journalists at a Paris club and awarded preferably to a journalist among the major autumn prizes.
Prix Ivoire
Prix Ivoire is an annual literary prize created in 2008 by the Ivorian association Akwaba Culture to honor a literary work by an African writer published in French.
Prix Jacques Stephen Alexis
The Prix Jacques Stephen Alexis is a Haitian literary prize for unpublished fiction in Creole or French, created in 2016 by the National Directorate of Book.
Prix La Haye Jousselin
Prix La Haye Jousselin, French Group 1 steeple-chase at Auteuil, Paris, 5,500 m for 5-year-olds and up, run each November. Founded 1880 as Prix de la Croix de Berny; Al Capone II won it seven times, 1993–1999.