SECONDARY OFFERING
secondary offering.See OFFERING. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary offering.See OFFERING. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary obligation.See OBLIGATION. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary motion.See MOTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary mortgage market.See MORTGAGE MARKET. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary meaning.Intellectual property. A special sense that a trademark or tradename for a business, goods, or services has acquired even though the trademark or tradename…
secondary picketing.See PICKETING. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary party.Commercial law. 1. A party not primarily liable under an instrument, such as a guarantor. [Cases: Bills and Notes 49; Guaranty 33. C.J.S. Bills…
secondary offering.See OFFERING. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary obligation.See OBLIGATION. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary motion.See MOTION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary mortgage market.See MORTGAGE MARKET. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary meaning.Intellectual property. A special sense that a trademark or tradename for a business, goods, or services has acquired even though the trademark or tradename…
secondary market.See MARKET. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary liability.See LIABILITY. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary-line injury.Antitrust. Under the price-discrimination provisions of the Robinson–Patman Act, the act of hindering or seeking to hinder competition among a seller’s customers by selling…
secondary-line competition.See vertical competition under COMPETITION. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary lender.A wholesale mortgage buyer who purchases first mortgages from banks and savings-and-loan associations, enabling them to restock their money supply and loan more money.…
secondary invention.Patents. An invention that uses or incorporates established elements or combinations to achieve a new and useful result. [Cases: Patents 174. C.J.S. Patents §…
secondary insurer.See excess insurer under INSURER. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary insured.See additional insured under INSURED. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary factor.(usu. pl.) Patents. Objective evidence that courts consider in determining a patent claim’s nonobviousness. • Secondary factors include “commercial success, long-felt but unsolved need,…
secondary evidence.See EVIDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary enforcement.See secondary right under RIGHT. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary easement.See EASEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary distribution.See DISTRIBUTION. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary devise.See alternative devise under DEVISE. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary creditor.See CREDITOR. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary conveyance.See CONVEYANCE. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary consideration.See SECONDARY FACTOR. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary boycott.See BOYCOTT. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary beneficiary.See contingent beneficiary (2) under BENEFICIARY. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary authority.See AUTHORITY(4). [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary assumption of risk.See ASSUMPTION OF THE RISK. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary amendment.See AMENDMENT(3). [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary affinity.See AFFINITY. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary activity.Labor law. A union’s picketing or boycotting a secondary or neutral party, with the goal of placing economic pressure on that party so that…
secondary abuse.See ABUSE. [Blacks Law 8th]
secondary,adj. (Of a position, status, use, etc.) subordinate or subsequent. secondary,n. Hist. An officer of the courts of the King’s Bench and common pleas, so…
Second Amendment.The constitutional amendment, ratified with the Bill of Rights in 1791, guaranteeing the right to keep and bear arms as necessary for securing freedom…
second,n. Parliamentary law. 1. A statement by a member other than a motion’s maker that the member also wants the assembly to consider the motion…
seck (sek), adj. Hist. 1. Lacking the right or remedy of distress. 2. Lacking profits, usu. due to a reversion without rent or other service.…
secession. The process or act of withdrawing, esp. from a religious or political association <the secession from the established church> <the secession of 11 states…
SEC.abbr.SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. sec.abbr.Section. See SECTION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]
seaworthy vessel.See VESSEL. [Blacks Law 8th]
seaworthy,adj. (Of a vessel) properly equipped and sufficiently strong and tight to resist the perils reasonably incident to the voyage for which the vessel is…
seaward. See CUSTOS MARIS. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors…
seat of government.The nation’s capital, a state capital, a county seat, or other location where the principal offices of the national, state, and local governments…
seated land.See LAND. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and…
seat,n.1. Membership and privileges in an organization; esp., membership on a securities or commodities exchange <her seat at the exchange dates back to 1998>. [Cases:…
seasonal employment.See EMPLOYMENT. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and…
seasonable,adj. Within the time agreed on; within a reasonable time < seasonable performance of the contract>. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or…
Sears–Compco doctrine.The principle that Congress, by passing copyright, trademark, and patent laws, has preempted some state-law protection of information that is not protected by those…
sea rover. 1. A person who roves the sea for plunder; a pirate. 2. A pirate vessel. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course…
sea reeve (see reev).Hist. An officer appointed to watch the shore and enforce a lord’s maritime rights, including the right to wreckage. sea lane.Int’l &…
search warrant.Criminal law. A judge’s written order authorizing a law-enforcement officer to conduct a search of a specified place and to seize evidence. See Fed.…
search report.Patents. A list of prior-art documents cited by the patent examiner during the patent application’s preliminary examination. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated…
search of patentability.See PATENTABILITY SEARCH. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as…
search incident to arrest.See protective search under SEARCH. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted…
search committee.See COMMITTEE. sea lane.Int’l & maritime law. A designated course or regularly used route for ships, esp. in restricted waters such as harbors and…
search book.A lawbook that contains no statements of the law but instead consists of lists or tables of cases, statutes, and the like, used simply…
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