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Home Dictionary Name: secondarySecondary evidence
Secondary evidence, Secondary evidence means and includes:(1) Certified copies given under the provisions hereinafter contained;(2) Copies made from the original by mechanical processes which in themselves insure the accuracy of the copy, and copies compared with such copies;(3) Copies made from or compared with the original;(4) Counterparts of documents as against the parties who did not execute them;(5) Oral accounts of the contents of a document given by some person who has himself seen it. [Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), s. 63]That species of proof which is admitted on the loss of primary evidence. There are no degrees of this evidence; for example, if a letter be lost it may be as good as recite it from memory as to produce a copy. It is the province of the judge to decide whether a document produced be original or not, and until he decides it is not, no secondary evidence can be put in. See NOTICE TO ADMIT; NOTICE TO PRODUCE; HEARSAY....
secondary boycott
secondary boycott : a boycott of an employer with which a union does not have a dispute that is intended to induce the employer to cease doing business with another employer with which the union does have a dispute compare primary boycott NOTE: Secondary boycotts are usually illegal under the National Labor Relations Act. ...
secondary meaning
secondary meaning : a developed association in the public's mind between the mark, name, or trade dress of a product and a specific manufacturer originating it that renders the mark, name, or trade dress protectable under trademark law [the general descriptive name of the product acquired secondary meaning] ...
secondary picketing
secondary picketing : the picketing of an employer who conducts business with an employer with whom a union has a dispute NOTE: Secondary picketing that is not for the purpose of informing the public of the dispute violates the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act. ...
secondary
secondary 1 : of second rank, status, importance, or value 2 : derived from something original or primary 3 : of, relating to, or being the second order or stage in a series sec·ond·ar·i·ly [se-kən-der-ə-lē] adv sec·ond·ar·i·ness [se-kən-der-ē-nəs] n ...
secondary beneficiary
secondary beneficiary see beneficiary ...
secondary evidence
secondary evidence see evidence ...
secondary liability
secondary liability see liability ...
secondary market
secondary market 1 : the market in which previously issued securities are sold compare primary market 2 : the market in which existing mortgages are bought and sold ...
secondary mortgage market
secondary mortgage market the buying and selling of mortgage loans. Investors purchase residential mortgages originated by lenders, which in turn provides the lenders with capital for additional lending. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
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