COLLATERAL, a. 1. Being by the side, side by side, on the side, or side to side.In his bright radiance and collateral lightMust I be comforted, not in his sphere.Collateral pressure is pressure on the side. So we say, collateral circumstances, circumstances which accompany a principal event.2. In genealogy, descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not one from the other; as distinguished from lineal. Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather.3. Collateral security, is security for the performance of covenants or the payment of money, besides the principal security.4. Running parallel.5. Diffused on either side; springing from relations; as, collateral love.6. Not direct, or immediate.If by direct or collateral hand.7. Concurrent; as, collateral strength.COLLATERAL, n. A collateral relation or kinsman. |
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