Definition of collateral

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Collateral (a.) Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues..

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Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity.
Collateral :: Collateral (n.) Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
Cosinage :: Cosinage (n.) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation..
Margin :: Margin (n.) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc..
Cousin :: Cousin (n.) One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt..
Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure..
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence..
Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Acting in an indirect way.
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Incindental :: Incindental (a.) Happening, as an occasional event, without regularity; coming without design; casual; accidental; hence, not of prime concern; subordinate; collateral; as, an incidental conversation; an incidental occurrence; incidental expenses..
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In collateral relation; not lineally.
Direct :: Direct (a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line..
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) Side by side; by the side.
Concomitant :: Concomitant (n.) One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment..
Collateral :: Collateral (a.) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal..
By :: By (a.) Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc..
Collateralness :: Collateralness (n.) The state of being collateral.
Representation :: Representation (n.) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced..
Defeasance :: Defeasance (n.) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated..
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