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indirect

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

From 353 U.S. 151 - Alleghany Corporation v. Breswick & Co Baker Weeks & Co · 1957Most cited · 183 citing opinions

and changes the means whereby he commands that power, he has only retained 'control,' not acquired it within the meaning of § 5(3).

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A term almost always used in law in opposition to "direct," though not the only antithesis of the latter word, as the terms "collateral" and "cross" are sometimes used in contrast with "direct." As to indirect "Confession," "Contempt," "Evidence," and "Tax," see those titles.