Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Secondary
boycott. A boycott of the customers or suppliers of a business so that they will Withhold their patronage from that business. ( For example, a group might boycott a manufacturer who advertises on a radio station that broadcasts messages considered objectionable by the group. B.R. abbr. 1. Bankruptcy Reporter. - Also abbreviated Bankr. Rep. 2. Bancus Regis [Latin "King's Bench"]. 3. Bancus Reginae [Latin "Queen's Bench"]. 0 This abbreviation has been replaced by the English initials of these courts, K.B. and Q.B.
Secondary authority
authority that explains the law but does not itself establish it, such as a treatise, annotation, or law-review article 5. A source, such as a statute, case, or treatise, cited in support of a legal argument <the brief's table of authorities>.
Secondary beneficiary
see contingent beneficiary.
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 it will stop doing business with the employer that is the primary subject of the labor dispute. 0 Secondary activities are forbidden by the Labor-Management Relations Act. 29 USCA § 158(b)(4). See secondary boycott under BOYCOTT; secondary picketing under PICKETING. Cf. PRIMARY ACTIVITY.
secondary affinity
the relationship of a spouse to the other spouse's marital relatives. 0 an example is a wife and her husband's sister-in-law.
secondary authority
See AUTHORITY (4).
secondary beneficiary
See contingent beneficiary under BENEFICIARY.
secondary boycott
See BOYCOTT.
secondary conveyance
A conveyance that follows an earlier conveyance and that serves only to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer the interest created by the primary conveyance. - Also termed derivative conveyance. Cf. primary conveyance.
secondary creditor
See CREDITOR.
secondary distribution
1. The public sale of a large block of previously issued stock. -Also termed secondary offering. See OFFERING. 2. The sale of a large block of stock after the close of the exchange.
secondary easement
An easement that is appurtenant to the primary or actual easement; the right to do things that are necessary to fully enjoy the easement itself.
secondary enforcement.
See secondary right under RIGHT.
secondary evidence
See EVIDENCE.
secondary invention
Patents. An invention that uses or incorporates established elements or combinations to achieve a new and useful result.
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 liability
Liability that does not arise unless the primarily liable party fails to honor its obligation.
secondary market
See MARKET.
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 was not originally protectable. - Also termed special meaning; trade meaning. secondary mortgage market See MORTGAGE MARKET.
secondary obligation
See OBLIGATION.
secondary obligation.
A duty, promise, or undertaking that is incident to a primary obligation; esp., a duty to make reparation upon a breach of contract. - Also termed accessory obligation.
secondary offering
1. Any offering by an issuer of securities after its initial public offering. 2. An offering of previously issued securities by persons other than the issuer. See secondary distribution (1) under DISTRIBUTION.
secondary party
Commercial lain. 1. A party not primarily liable under an instrument, such as a guarantor. 2. The drawer or indorser of a negotiable instrument.
secondary picketing
The picketing of an establishment with which the picketing party has no direct dispute in order to pressure the party with which there is a dispute. See secondary boycott under BOYCOTT; secondary strike under STRIKE.
secondary reserve ratio
See RESERVE RATIO.
secondary right
A right prescribed by procedural law to enforce a substantive right, such as the right to damages for a breach of contract. ( The enforcement of a secondary right is variously termed secondary enforcement, remedial enforcement, or sanctional enforcement. - Also termed remedial right; sanctioning right.
secondary strike
A strike against an employer because that employer has business dealings with another employer directly involved in a dispute with the union. See secondary boycott under BOYCOTT; secondary picketing under PICKETING.
secondary trading
See TRADING.
secondary use
See shifting use under USE (4).
secondary-line competition
See vertical competition under COMPETITION.
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 substantially the same products at favorable prices to one customer, or a select group of customers, to the detriment of others. 15 USCA § 13(a). * A secondary-line injury, which refers to competition among the seller's customers, is distinguishable from a primary-line injury, which refers to the anticompetitive effects that predatory pricing has on the direct competitors of the seller. Cf. PRIMARY-LINE INJURY.