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collateral fact.See FACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

collateral estoppel (e-stop-<<schwa>>l).1. The binding effect of a judgment as to matters actually litigated and determined in one action on later controversies between the parties involving a different claim from that on which the original judgment was based. 2. A doctrine barring a party from relitigating an issue determined against that party in an earlier…

collateral descent.See DESCENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

collateral descendant.See DESCENDANT. [Blacks Law 8th]

collateral defense.See DEFENSE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

collateral covenant.See COVENANT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

collateral-contract doctrine.The principle that in a dispute concerning a written contract, proof of a second (usu. oral) agreement will not be excluded under the parol-evidence rule if the oral agreement is independent of and not inconsistent with the written contract, and if the information in the oral agreement would not ordinarily be ex-pected to be…

collateral contract.See CONTRACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  collateral consequence.A penalty for committing a crime, in addition to the penalties included in the criminal sentence. • An example is the loss of a professional license. When a collateral consequence exists, a defendant’s appeal of a conviction does not become moot when the criminal sentence is completed. [Blacks Law 8th]

collateral consanguinity.See CONSANGUINITY. [Blacks Law 8th]