2. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly. The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly. Jer. Taylor.
3. In collateral relation; not lineally.
COLLATERALNESS
Col*lat"er*al*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being collateral.
COLLATION Col*la"tion, n. Etym: [OE. collacioun speech, conference, reflection, OF. collacion, F. collation, fr. L. collatio a bringing together, comparing, fr. collatum (used as the supine of conferre); col- + latium (used as the supine of ferre to bear), for tlatum. See Tolerate, v. t.]
1. The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.
2. (Print.)
Defn: The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.
3. The act of conferring or bestowing. [Obs.] Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon.
4. A conference. [Obs.] Chaucer.