Richard Hill (asker) May 1, 2012:

That reference is great! Thanks for this Charles it's a big help. And yes, sec. is section :)

Charles Davis May 1, 2012:

Durr... "2ª Sec." is "Segunda sección". As in second section of the court, I imagine, or perhaps "2nd division" would be the way to put it. There are similar Mexican legal refs. out there with "2ª Sección".

Charles Davis May 1, 2012:

2ª The bit you quote in the other question on "coags." has "2ª" on its own, so I think it probably doesn't go with "Sec." It could mean "Sala 2ª", perhaps, or "Parte 2ª". Sec. would be Secretario, but then the name of the secretary is not given, I suppose. A bit strange. But "suc. de" does seem clear.

Charles Davis May 1, 2012:

Year? The reference I found is clearly the same case; the case number is the same, and so are the other details. It gives the date as 31 August 1937, though instead of 1936. Better check your text. But the case number is 222/36, so maybe 1936 is right.

I thought it meant "Secretario: Guillermo Aguirre", so I couldn't see how "suc. de" could mean "sucesores/sucesión de", but in fact it's "2ª", so maybe "2ª Sec." means "Segunda Secretaría".

Anyway, the reference I've posted indicates that Guillermo Aguirre is the name of the party in the case, not the secretary.

Charles Davis May 1, 2012:

And in English... Probably "estate of", I'd have thought, or maybe "heirs of".

Charles Davis May 1, 2012:

@Rich It is sucesión de. I found this by searching for the case. This is the Google result; the URL won't open (gives me a 404 server error), but I think this is enough:

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Amparo civil en revisión 222/36. Aguirre Guillermo, sucesión de. 31 de agosto de 1937. Mayoría de cuatro votos. Disidente: Luis Bazdresch. La publicación no ...

I was beginning to suspect "suc. de" was "sucesión de" after all. It looks as though it goes with the date, but in fact it goes with the bit before, and there should be a full stop after "de".

Richard Hill (asker) May 1, 2012:

Suceso may be a possibility as, especially as it's followed by a date

Richard Hill (asker) May 1, 2012:

Could it be summary proceeding? i.e. suc. = sucinto = sumario = summary proceeding