collateral proceeding
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 78 U.S. 581 - Ludlow v. Ramsey · 1870Most cited · 33 citing opinions
As the bill in this case is a collateral proceeding to set aside the sale, mere errors and irregularities in the original proceeding will not suffice. It must be shown that the court had no jurisdiction.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One in which the particular question may arise or be involved incidentally, but which is not instituted for the very purpose of deciding such question ; as in the rule that a judgment cannot be attacked, or a corporation's right to exist be questioned, in any collateral proceeding. Peyton v. Peyton, 28 Wash. 278, 68 Pac. 757; Peoria & P. U. R. Co. v. Peoria & F. R. Co., 105 III. 116.
Defined under Proceeding in Black's Law Dictionary.