COLLATERAL ACT

collateral act.Any act (usu. excluding the payment of money) for which a bond or recognizance is given as security. [Blacks Law 8th]

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COLLATERAL

collateral (k<<schwa>>-lat-<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>l), adj.1. Supplementary; accompanying, but secondary and subordinate to <whether the accident victim was wearing a seat belt is a collateral issue>.2. Not direct in line, but on a parallel or diverging line of descent; of or relating to persons who are related by blood but are neither ancestors nor descendants <an uncle is in…

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COLLATE

collate (k<<schwa>>-layt), vb. Civil law. To return (inherited property) to an estate for division <the grandchildren collated the property they had received>. [Cases: Executors and Administrators  294. C.J.S. Executors and Administrators § 545.] [Blacks Law 8th]

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