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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Collateral \Col*lat"er*al\ (k[o^]l*l[a^]t"[~e]r*al), a. [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See {Lateral}.] 1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Acting in an indirect way. [1913 Webster] If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence. [1913 Webster] Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this homely tale. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to {lineal}. [1913 Webster] Note: 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. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] {Collateral assurance}, that which is made, over and above the deed itself. {Collateral circulation} (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed. {Collateral issue}. (Law) (a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case. (b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc. (c) 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. {Collateral security}, security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security. {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. [1913 Webster +PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Collateral \Col*lat"er*al\, n. 1. A collateral relative. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] 2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: collateral adj 1: descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: {collateral}, {indirect}] [ant: {direct}, {lineal}] 2: serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" [syn: {collateral}, {confirmative}, {confirming}, {confirmatory}, {corroborative}, {corroboratory}, {substantiating}, {substantiative}, {validating}, {validatory}, {verificatory}, {verifying}] 3: accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run" 4: situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains" n 1: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan