Definition of Collateral Attack

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Collateral attack
    Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    Any proceeding not instituted for the express purpose of annulling, correcting or modifying. See 20 Or. 96, 23 Am. St. Rep. 95, 11 L. R. A. 155, 25 Pac. 362.