Pr. K. B. 1, 6, bk
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
2, pts. 1, 2; Strickland v. Maddox, 4 Ga. 394. The term “collateral” is also applied in England to an issue raised upon a plea of diversity of person, pleaded by a criminal who has been tried and convicted, in bar of execution, viz., that he is not the same person who was attainted, and the like. 4 Bl. Comm. 396.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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