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Collateral Kinsmen

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another. Thus, brothers and sisters are collateral to each other; the uncle and nephew are collateral kinsmen, and cousins are the same. All kinsmen are either "lineal" or "collateral."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Blood relatives other than lineal.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another. Thus brothers and sisters are collateral to each other; the uncle and the nephew are collateral kinsmen, and cousins are the same. All kinsmen are either lineal or collateral.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another.

Defined under Collateral in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

descent, distributton, are those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another; thus brothers and sisters are collateral to each. other; the uncle and the nephew are collateral kinsmen, and cousins are the same. The term collateral is used in opposition to the phrase lineal kinsmen, _