Noun | 1. | collateral - a security pledged for the repayment of a loan |
Adj. | 1. | collateral - descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" Synonyms: indirect |
2. | collateral - serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence" | |
3. | collateral - accompaniment to something else; "collateral target damage from a bombing run" | |
4. | collateral - situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains" |
COLLATERAL, collateralis. From latus, a side; that which is sideways, and not direct.
HEIR, COLLATERAL. A collateral heir is one who is not of the direct line of the deceased, but comes from a collateral line; as, a brother, sister, an uncle and aunt, a nephew, niece, or cousin of the deceased.
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