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Collateral Ancestors

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A phrase sometimes used to designate uncles and aunts, and other ascending collateral relatives, who are not strictly ancestors.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ancestors who are not progenitors, such as aunts and uncles. See 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 438.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Sometimes used to designate uncles and aunts and other collateral ancestors of the poison spoken of. who are in fact not his ancestors. Banks v. Walker, 3 Barb. Ch. (X. Y.i 446.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A phrase sometimes used to designate uucles and aunts, and other collateral antecessors, who are not strictly ancestors. Banks v. Walker, 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 438, 446.

Defined under Collateral in Black's Law Dictionary.