Direct

Straightforward; immediate; not collateral. The direct line of descent is formed by a series of relationships between persons who descend successively one from the other. Evidence is termed "direct" which applies immediately to the fact to be proved, without any intervening process, as distinguished from "circumstantial," which applies immediately to collateral facts supposed to have a connection, near or remote, with the fact in controversy. The examination in chief of a witness is called the "direct examination." Interrogatories propounded to a deponent by the party by whom the deposition is taken are called "direct interrogatories."