collateral descent
11collateral heir — A successor to property either by will or descent and distribution who is not directly descended from the deceased but comes from a parallel line of the deceased s family, such as a brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, or cousin.… …
12descent, collateral — n. Descent among relatives who share a common ancestor but are not in a direct line, as between uncle and nephew or between cousins. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
13collateral descendant — A relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor for example, a cousin, niece, nephew, aunt, or uncle. Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Estates, Executors & Probate Court Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills Nolo’s Plain… …
14Descent of Elizabeth II from William I — This list shows the most senior line of descent of Elizabeth II from William I of England. Each person on the list is the son or daughter of the person above him or her on the list. There are many other more junior lines of descent of the family …
15collateral — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin collateralis, from Latin com + lateralis lateral Date: 14th century 1. a. accompanying as secondary or subordinate ; concomitant < digress into collateral matters > b …
16collateral consanguinity — A blood relationship between persons under a descent from a common ancestor but by different lines; the relationship between persons who descend from the same stirps or root but who do not lineally descend from each other. One s brothers and… …
17Collateral descendant — A collateral descendant is a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.[1] Compare with lineal descendant. References ^ law.com Law Dictionary …
18collateral inheritance tax — An inheritance or succession tax on the devolution of property under the laws of descent or under a will to the collateral relatives of the decedent or persons other than the spouse, descendants, or parents of the decedent. 28 Am J Rev ed Inher T …
19collateral — n. & adj. n. 1 security pledged as a guarantee for repayment of a loan. 2 a person having the same descent as another but by a different line. adj. 1 descended from the same stock but by a different line. 2 side by side; parallel. 3 a additional… …
20heir collateral — See collateral descent; collateral heir …
