A '''secondary authority''' in [[legal]] terminology includes legal encyclopedias, treatises, legal texts, law review articles, and [[citators]]. A secondary authority is a writing which sets forth the opinion of the writer as to the law. | A '''secondary authority''' in [[legal]] terminology includes legal encyclopedias, treatises, legal texts, law review articles, and [[citators]]. A secondary authority is a writing which sets forth the opinion of the writer as to the law. |