SECRETARY

The secretary of a corporation or association is an officer charged with the direction and management of that part of the business of the company which is concerned with keeping the records, the official correspondence, with giving and receiving notices, countersigning documents, etc. The name "secretary" is also given to several of the heads of executive departments" in the … [Read more...] about SECRETARY

A program where manufacturers will make repairs or corrections even beyond the warranty period to avoid a lawsuit and bad publicity. … [Read more...] about SECRET WARRANTY PROGRAM

A fraudulent kickback of money to preferred customers, a secret rebate to preferred customers which is illegal. … [Read more...] about SECRET REBATE

(A) That which is not to be revealed. 2. Attorneys and counsellors, who have been trusted professionally with the secrets of their clients, are not allowed to reveal them in a court of justice. The right of secrecy belongs to the client, and not to the attorney and counsellor. 3. As to the matter communicated, it extends to all cases where the client applies for professional … [Read more...] about SECRET

crim. law. Those persons who assist, direct and support others engaged in fighting a duel. 2. As they are often much to blame in inciting the duellists to their rash act, and as they are always assisting in the commission of the crime, the laws generally punish them with severity but, in consequence of the false ideas too generally entertained on the subject of honor, the are … [Read more...] about SECONDS