Law Dictionary

Concealed; hidden; not made public; particularly, in law, kept from the knowledge or notice of persons liable to be affected by the act, transaction, deed or other thing spoken of.

The term “Secretaries” means the Secretary of Agriculture and/or the Secretary of Commerce acting each separately or jointly. / the term “Secretaries” means the Secretary of Agricu

the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate.

the term “Secretary concerned” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 37 . / The term “Secretary concerned” has the meaning set forth in section 101(a) of title 10

The term “Secretary-held single family mortgage” means a single-family mortgage held by the Secretary or by a contract mortgagee at the time of initiation of foreclosure that— (i)

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The term “Secretary of Agriculture” means the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States.

In this chapter, the terms “Secretary concerned” and “Secretary of a military department” include the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Pentagon Reservation. / The term “Sec

The term “Secretary of Commerce” means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. / The term "Secretar

An officer of the English court or chancery. The office was abolished by St. 15 & 16 Viet, c. 87, § 23.

The term “Secretary of Defense” means the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Secretary of the Navy. / The term “Secretary of Defense” means the Secretary of Defense, except t

An officer appointed by the sovereign power to accompany a minister of the first or second rank, and sometimes, though not often, of an inferior rank. He is. In fact, a species of

An officer His salary is fixed by the act of congress of May 1, 1810 (section 1), at such a sum as the president of the United States may allow, not exceeding two thousand dollars.

The term “Secretary of State” means the Secretary of State or the designee of the State.

The term “Secretary of the Interior” means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Geological Survey, the Director of the Bureau of Land Man

while the Secretary is authorized to prevent improvident alienation or leasing by restricted Creek allottees, he is not authorized to alien or lease in their stead and right. If an

government. This officer is appointed by the president. His duties are to execute all such orders as he shall receive from the president, relative to the procurement of naval store

the term “Secretary of the Treasury” means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. / The term “Secretary of the Treasury” means the Secretary of the Treasury, personally, an

One so made that the victim is prevented from seeing or repelling it. See 104 N. C. 774, IQ S. E. 24fi.

“Secret ballot” means the expression by ballot, voting machine, or otherwise, but in no event by proxy, of a choice with respect to any election or vote taken upon any matter, whic

A secret committee of the house of commons is a committee specially appointed to investigate a certain matter, and to which secrecy^ being deemed necessary in furtherance of its ob

To conceal or hide away. Particularly, to put property out of the reach of creditors, either by corpofally hiding it or putting the title in another's name or otherwise hindering c

A lien reserved by the vendor of .chattels, who has delivered them to the vendee, to secure the payment of the price, which is concealed from all third persons. As to the particula

Had the land continued in possession of Parthenia Dade and her heirs, the question whether this contract was of unlimited duration, or contemplated some particular suit then intend

See "Partner."

See Trade secret .

STATE'S. See Communi- ^CATION, Privileged, 1.

A branch of government service concerned with the detection of counterfeiting and other offences, civil or political, committed or threatened by persons who operate in secrecy. It

The production in court of documents containing secrets of state will not be compelled if it would be injurious to the public interest and if the officer in custody of them claims

A trust, thus secretly created, whether so intended or not, is a fraud on creditors, because it places beyond their reach a valuable right—the right of possession—and gives to the

Where a testator gives property to a person, on a verbal promise by the legatee or devisee that he will hold it in trust for another person, this is called a "secret trust." The En

Persons adhering to a certain religious creed. See 53 N. H. 9, 16 Am. Rep. 82.

A suit; service.

A writ against one refusing to perform his suit at the county court or court-baron.—Cowell.

Suit due a public bake house.

In old English law. A service which a man is bound to perform by his fee.

A service arising from the usage, time out of mind, of carrying corn to a particular mill to be ground. 3 Bl. Comm. 235. A writ adapted to the injury lay at the old law. Fitzh. Nat

Suit due a man's kiln or malt house. 3 Bl. Comm. 235.

Suit at court. The service due from tenants to the lord of attending his courts baron, both to answer complaints alleged against themselves, and for the trial of their fellow tenan

Hob. 20. A suit is a civil warfare; for as the plaintiffs are armed with actions, and, as it were, girded with swords, so the defendants are fortified with pleas, and are defended,

A suit is a civil fight, and just as the plaintiffs are armed with actions and, as it were, girdled with swords, so the defendants are, on the other hand, fortified with pleas and

A suit which is founded upon a writing ought not to vary from the writing.

A suit so called by which all persons were bound twice in the year to attend in the sheriff's tourn, in order that they might be informed of things relating to the public peace. It

Pertaining to a religious sect.

A suitor; a tenant of whom secta curiae was due. See Secta curiae .

Suitors of court who, among the Saxons, gave their judgment or verdict in civil suits upon the matter of fact and law. 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 22. acres, established by the United

A writ for an heir who was distrained by the lord to do more suits than one, that he should be allowed to do one suit only in respect of the land of divers heirs descended to him.

A governmental land measure, a square containing 640 acres; a square mile.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “section 1202 gain” means the excess of— (A) the gain which would be excluded from gross income under section 1202 but for the percentage

The term “section 1231 gain” means— (i) any recognized gain on the sale or exchange of property used in the trade or business, and (ii) any recognized gain from the compulsory or i

The term “section 1231 loss” means any recognized loss from a sale or exchange or conversion described in subparagraph (A).

For purposes of this section, the term “section 1244 stock” means stock in a domestic corporation if— (A) at the time such stock is issued, such corporation was a small business co

For purposes of this section, the term “section 1245 property” means any property which is or has been property of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation provided in

For purposes of this section, the term “section 1250 property” means any real property (other than section 1245 property, as defined in section 1245(a)(3)) which is or has been pro

The term “section 1254 property” means any property (within the meaning of section 614) if— (A) any expenditures described in paragraph (1)(A) are properly chargeable to such prope

The term “section 1256 contract” has the meaning given such term by section 1256(b). / The term “section 1256 contract” means any section 1256 contract (as defined in section 1256(

The term “section 1256 contracts” has the meaning given to such term by section 1256(b) of such Code.

For purposes of this section, “section 126 property” means any property acquired, improved, or otherwise modified by the application of payments excluded from gross income under se

The term “section 133 securities” means employer securities acquired by an employee stock ownership plan in a transaction to which section 133 applied.

Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the term “section 1362(c) recovery ratio” means the ratio which— (i) the sum of the values of all recoveries under section 1362(c) of this t

In this section, the term “section 14 application” means an application submitted by an applicant to the Secretary requesting permission for the temporary occupation or use of a pu

For purposes of this section, the term “section 179 property” means property— (A) which is— (i) tangible property (to which section 168 applies), or (ii) computer software (as defi

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the term “section 197 intangible” means— (A) goodwill, (B) going concern value, (C) any of the following intangible items: (i) workfor

The term “section 212 program” means the program under section 212 of this Act [ 7 U.S.C. 8401 ].

Section 23b was thus in effect a grant of jurisdiction subject to that condition [of the defendant's consent]; it was the intent of the Congress that section 23b should operate as

The power given to the Supreme Court by this act of Congress was intended to protect the general government in the free and uninterrupted exercise of the powers conferred on it by

In the interpretation of this section of the act of 1789, it has been uniformly held, that to give this Court appellate jurisdiction, two things should have occurred and be apparen

This Court has no authority, under the law which authorizes this appeal, to notice any error except such as appears on the face of the record and immediately respects the questions

the section does not govern all suits in which it is sought to restrain the enforcement of legislative action, but only those in which the object of the suit is to restrain the enf

To bring this procedural device into play—to dislocate the normal operations of the system of lower federal courts and thereafter to come directly to this Court—requires a suit whi

Except as provided in paragraph (3), the prohibitions of section 1843 of this title shall not apply to shares of any company organized under the laws of a foreign country (or to sh

The term “section 303 redemption needs” means, with respect to the taxable year of the corporation in which a shareholder of the corporation died or any taxable year thereafter, th

For purposes of this subchapter, the term "section 306 stock" means stock which meets the requirements of subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of this paragraph.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “section 314(a) State health planning agency” means the agency of a State which administers or supervises the administration of a State's

For purposes of this section, the term “section 341 assets” means property held for a period of less than 3 years which is— (A) stock in trade of the corporation, or other property

The term “section 351A program” means the program under section 351A of the Public Health Service Act [ 42 U.S.C. 262a ].

Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the term “section 467 rental agreements” means any rental agreement for the use of tangible property under which— (A) there is at l

This section does not abolish the distinction between writs of error and appeals, but only requires that the party seeking review shall have it in the appropriate way notwithstandi

The term “section 501(c)(3) organization” means any organization which (without regard to any political expenditure) would be described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt from taxatio

the term “section 501(c)(4) organization” means— (i) an organization described in section 501(c)(4) of title 26 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title; or (ii)

The terms “section 5 exposure”, “section 5 facility”, and “section 5 illness” mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individual's status as a section 5

The terms “section 5 exposure”, “section 5 facility”, and “section 5 illness” mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individual's status as a section 5

The terms “section 5 exposure”, “section 5 facility”, and “section 5 illness” mean the exposure, facility, and illness, respectively, to which an individual's status as a section 5

The term “section 5 mine or mill” means the mine or mill to which an individual's status as a section 5 uranium worker relates.

The term “section 5 payment recipient” means an individual who receives, or has received, $100,000 under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act ( 42 U.S.C. 2210 note)

The term “section 5 uranium worker” means an individual to whom subsection (a)(1)(A)(i) of section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act applies (whether directly or by reas

For purposes of this section, the term “section 6166 lien property” means interests in real and other property to the extent such interests— (A) can be expected to survive the defe

Its obvious purpose was to negative the idea that a federal receiver or trustee could ignore the rules of law of the state of operation affecting the conduct of the business commit

The term "section 7702 applicable Federal interest rate" means, with respect to any adjustment year, the average (rounded to the nearest whole percentage point) of the ap

The term "section 7702 valuation interest rate" means, with respect to any adjustment year, the prescribed U.S. valuation interest rate for life insurance with guaranteed

The test of § 7 is whether the effect of an acquisition 'may be substantially to lessen competition.

The remedial function of §8(c) is to protect noncoercive speech by employer and labor organization alike in furtherance of a lawful object.

The term “section 988 transaction” means any transaction described in subparagraph (B) if the amount which the taxpayer is entitled to receive (or is required to pay) by reason of

A parcel of government land containing six hundred and forty acres. The lands of the United States are surveyed into parcels of six hundred and forty acres; each such parcel is cal

A writ which lay for a dowress, or one In wardship, to be free from suit of court Cowell.

“sector” means— (A) the sector consisting of harvesters; (B) the sector consisting of importers; (C) the sector consisting of marketers; (D) the sector consisting of processors; (E

The bidders at an auction.

The term “Sector Risk Management Agency” has the meaning given that term in section 650 of this title . / The term "Sector Risk Management Agency" means a Federal departm

The term "sector-specific agency" means the Federal department or agency responsible for providing institutional knowledge and specialized expertise as well as leading, f

Temporal or worldly; opposed to spiritual.