Collateral Consanguinity
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That relationship which subsists between persons who have the same ancestors, but not the same descendants; who do not descend one from the other. 2 Bl. Comm. 203. The essential fact of consanguinity (common ancestral blood) is the same in lineal and collateral consanguinity, but the relationship is aside from the direct line. Thus, father, son, and grandson are lineally related; uncle and nephew, collaterally.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That relationship which subsists between pei who have the same ancestors but not the same descendants, — who do not descend one from the other. 2 Bla. Com. •Jo::. The essential fact of consanguinity (common ancestral blood) is the same in lineal and collateral consanguinity; but the relationship is aside from the direct line. Thus, father, son, and grandson are lineally related; uncle and nephew, collaterally. having general jurisdiction of the subject. See Small v. Haskins, 26 Vt. 209.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
That relationship which subsists between persons who have the same ancestors but not the same descendants, who do not descend one from the other. 2 Bl. Comm. 203. Lineal consanguinity being usually represented by a perpendicular or right line, (Linea recta,) in which the kindred are ranked relatively, one above or below the other, as father, son, grandson, colinteral consanguinity is properly denoted by one or more transverse lines, crossing this, or proceeding obliquely froma it on the stde (a latere) upon which the kindred are ranked in their order. Burrill.