Latin for Lawyers

SEASONABLE

to ensure against concealed weapons; an inventory search, as of the contents of an automobile, to prevent loss or destruction of property and resulting claims against the police. SEASONABLE [L. satio / a sowing or planting] At a proper time. Suitable to the occasion. Occurring within the time fixed by agreement or within a reasonable time if no time is specified. See Uniform Commercial Code § 1-204. SECESION [L. secedo , secedere / to go away, to withdraw] The act of withdrawing from membership in an association or group. The act of a state or province in removing itself from control by or allegience to a central government, as the attempted secesion by the southern states from the federal union during the Civil War. SECOND, SECONDARY [L. secundum / after, behind, following closely behind; second to] Following immediately behind the first or primary in rank. Of second rank, status or importance. Derived from something original or antecedent in time or rank. The second in a series. Murder in the second degree is usually mur der with intent to kill but without premeditation. A second mortgage is a lien on real property which comes behind and is subordinate to the first mortgage. A secondary boycott is an illegal boycott of an employer with which the union has no dispute in order to put economic pressure on an employer with which the union does have a dispute. Secondary picketing is picketing by a union of an employer with which it has no direct dispute but which does busi ness with the employer with which the union does have a dispute. Secondary contract is a contract which modifies or supersedes a prior primary contract. Secondary liability is the liability of a guarantor, surety, joint tort-feasor or employer to indemnify an aggrieved party when the person primarily liable fails to perform or pay. Secondary meaning is the acceptance given to a trade mark by the general public which associates the mark with a particular manu facturer because of continued use and exposure. Secondary meaning entitles the mark to protection under the trademark laws. See SUGGESTIVE SECOND DEGREE [L. secundus / following, second in line + de / of, from + gradus / step, stage] A measure of the degree of culpability in the commission of a crime. A less serious crime than a first degree crime. Second degree murder is generally defined as a homicide committed without deliberation or premeditation.

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