Collateral

(köl-lat'er-al.) [From L.com, along with, and lateral is, belonging to the side ] In Genealogy, a term applied to kindred with reference to other kindred when they are younger children, or have descended from younger children of the same common ancestor;- used in contradistinction to lineal descendants. C. i ue. (Law.) An i ue taken upon some matter apart from the general i ue of the case.-C. security, is security for the performance of a covenant for the payment of money, given in addition to the main security by way of guaranty. [s. 205]