Law Dictionary Definitions

secretary. 1. An administrative assistant. 2. A corporate officer in charge of official correspondence, minutes of board meetings, and records of stock ownership and transfer. — Also termed clerk of the corporation. [Cases: Corporations 302. C.J.S. Corporations § 470.] 3.Parliamentary law. An officer charged with recording a deliberative assembly’s proceedings. — Also termed clerk; recorder;…

secretarius (sek-r<<schwa>>-tair-ee-<<schwa>>s), n.[Law Latin] See APOCRISARIUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

secret,n.1. Something that is kept from the knowledge of others or shared only with those concerned. See STATE SECRET; TRADE SECRET. 2. Information that cannot be disclosed without a breach of trust; specif., information that is acquired in the attorney–client relationship and that either (1) the client has requested be kept private or (2) the…

secrecy. The state or quality of being concealed, esp. from those who would be affected by the concealment; hidden. [Blacks Law 8th]

second user.See JUNIOR USER. [Blacks Law 8th]

second-tier patent.See UTILITY MODEL. [Blacks Law 8th]

second surcharge.See SURCHARGE. [Blacks Law 8th]

seconds,n. Commercial law. Goods that are defective or nonconforming because they do not meet a recognized standard. [Blacks Law 8th]

second-permittee doctrine.Insurance. The principle that, when a third person is allowed to use an insured’s car by permission granted by someone else to whom the insured gave permission to use the car, the third person’s use of the car will be a permissive use, under the insured’s automobile-liability-insurance policy, as long as that use falls…

second-parent adoption.See ADOPTION. [Blacks Law 8th]