Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

SECRECY, SECRET [L. secretus (from secerno , secernere / to set apart, hide, make secret)] Withheld from others; hidden; set apart. Covert, stealthy, furtive. Something kept from general knowledge but shared with a few. A method, plan, formula or process known only by a privileged few, as by the employees of a particu lar company. A secret ballot is the vote of an individual which is not visible or disclosed to anyone. A secret hearing is a hearing closed to all except the interested parties. A secret lien is a lien which is not filed or recorded and not disclosed to anyone but the immediate parties. A trade secret is a secret belonging to a commercial enterprise which is unique or special to it and which is disclosed only to the employer and those employees who have a need to know it. SECRETARY [L. secretum / secret (from secerno, secernere / to set apart, to hide)] A person hired to handle the correspondence and maintain the office routine of a professional or executive. One elected or appointed to keep the records of an organization and to record the minutes of its meetings. A title given to members of the U.S. cabinet and to various state officials who head adminis trative departments of state government. SECTA [L. (from sequor, sequi / to follow) a way or mode of life; a thought or plan; a philosophical school] A law suit. In early England, a retinue of supporters who accompanied a plaintiff to court to support his claims. SECULAR [L. saeculum / the period of one human generation (app. 33 years); the spirit of the age; the times] Worldly. Of or relating to the real world. Temporal. Not associated with reli gion or the clergy. Occurring or existing through the ages. SECUNDUM Immediately after, beside, next to. According to; in accordance with. See SECOND; SECOND DEGREE SECUNDUM AEQUUM ET BONUM In accordance with justice and right. SECUNDUM ALLEGATA ET PROBATA In accordance with the allegations and the proof. SECUNDUM LEGEM COMMUNEM In accordance with the common law.

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