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
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, _