Part 2101

<h1>Collateral</h1> <Xpage=276>

<hw>Col*lat"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>collateralis</ets>; <ets>col-</ets> + <ets>lateralis</ets> lateral. See <er>Lateral</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; <as>as, <ex>collateral</ex> pressure</as>.</def> "<i>Collateral</i> light."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Acting in an indirect way.</def>

<blockquote>If by direct or by <b>collateral</b> hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; <as>as, <ex>collateral</ex> interest; <ex>collateral</ex> issues.</as></def>

<blockquote>That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the <b>collateral</b> questions springing out of it, . . . is true. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; <as>as, <ex>collateral</ex> evidence</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Yet the attempt may give <b>Collateral</b> interest to this homely tale. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Genealogy)</fld> <def>Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to <i>lineal</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Lineal</i> descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; <i>collateral</i> relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common <i>stirps</i> or stock. Thus the children of brothers are <i>collateral</i> relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather.</note>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

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<cs><col>Collateral assurance</col>, <cd>that which is made, over and above the deed itself.</cd> -- <col>Collateral circulation</col> <fld>(Med. & Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed.</cd> -- <col>Collateral issue</col>. <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be contradicted by the party asking the question.</cd> -- <col>Collateral security</col>, <cd>security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security,</cd></cs> <-- collateral damage (Mil.) damage caused by a military operation, such as a bombing, to objects or persons not themselves the intended target of the attack. -->

<h1>Collateral</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lat"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A collateral relative.</def>

<i>Ayliffe.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.</def>

<h1>Collaterally</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lat"er*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Side by side; by the side.</def>

<blockquote>These pulleys . . . placed <b>collaterally</b>. <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.</def>

<blockquote>The will hath force upon the conscience <b>collaterally</b> and indirectly. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In collateral relation; not lineally.</def>

<h1>Collateralness</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*lat"er*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being collateral.</def>

<h1>Collation</h1> <Xpage=278>

<hw>Col*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>collacioun</ets> speech, conference, reflection, OF. <ets>collacion</ets>, F. <ets>collation</ets>, fr. L. <ets>collatio</ets> a bringing together, comparing, fr. <ets>collatum</ets> (used as the supine of <ets>conferre</ets>); <ets>col-</ets> + <ets>latium</ets> (used as the supine of <ets>ferre</ets> to bear), for <ets>tlatum</ets>. See <er>Tolerate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general.</def>