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  • 121secondary issue — An issue of shares by a listed company whose shares are already listed and traded on a stock exchange. There are different types of secondary issues: • rights issues. • open offers. • placings and bought deals. • vendor placings. Practical Law… …

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  • 122secondary management buyout — United Kingdom Where the original private equity fund and the management team (who are the owners of the business) dispose of a group (including the old acquisition group and original target) to a team led by its existing management team with… …

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  • 123secondary distribution — n. A public sale of stock that has already been issued and sold once, as opposed to a new offering. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. secondary distribution …

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  • 124secondary party — n. A person who is responsible for paying a debt if the original debtor fails to; a person who has secondary liability for a debt. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

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  • 125secondary action — Under Section 20 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, trade union immunity does not apply in the event of secondary action; i.e. action other than against the employer in question. However under Section 220 of the Act …

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  • 126secondary authority — Sources of information that describe or interpret the law, such as legal treatises, law review articles, and other scholarly legal writings, cited by lawyers to persuade a court to reach a particular decision in a case, but which the court is not …

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  • 127secondary syphilis — n the second stage of syphilis that appears from 2 to 6 months after primary infection, that is marked by lesions esp. in the skin but also in organs and tissues, and that lasts from 3 to 12 weeks * * * the second stage of syphilis, usually… …

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  • 128secondary audience — UK US noun [C] MARKETING ► people who are not likely to buy a product but can influence the decisions of those who will: »The teaching staff are the secondary audience who may recommend the textbook to their students. ► people who do not buy a… …

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