Secondary

In English law. An officer courts of king's bench or common pleas; secondary of the remembrancer in the exchequer, etc. Jacob. In Medical Practice. Secondary is the term for a disease which is not the primary cause of death. 39 L. J. Ex. 214; L. R. 5 Ex. 302; 34 L. J. C. P. 28; 17 C. B. N. S. 122. SECONDARY (or DERIVATIVE) CONveyances. Those which presuppose some other conveyance precedent, and only serve to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer the interest granted by such original conveyance. 2 Bl. Comm. 324*.

An officer who is second or next to the chief officer; as, secondaries to the prothonotaries of the courts of king’s bench or common pleas; secondary of the remembrancer in the exchequer, etc. Jacob, L. Diet

n. In English practice An officer of the courts of king's bench and common pleas; se calied because he was second or next to the chief officer. In the king's bench he was called "Master of the King's Bench Office," and was a deputy of the prothonotary or chief clerk. 1 Archb. Pr. K. B. 11, 12. By St 7 Wm. IV. and 1 Viet. c. 30, the office of secondary was abolished. An officer who is next to the chief officer. Also an officer of the corporation of London, before whom inquiries to assess damages are held, as before sheriffs in counties. Wharton.

In English law. An ofl Scer of the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, bo called, because second, or next to the chief ofl Bcer.

See Conveyance; Evidence; Use, 2.

v. Conveyance, Emdence.

An officer of the court of king's bench and common pleas, so called because he was second or next to the chief officer. The secondaries of these courts were abolished by 7 Wm. IV. & 1 Vict, ch. 30 (1 Arch. Pr. 11). But at the present day there is a law officer in the city of London who bears the name of secondary. Brown.

Engl. law. An officer who is second or next to the chief officer; as secondaries to the prothonotaries of the courts of king’s bench or common pleas; secondary of the remembrancer in the exchequer, &c. Jacob.