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Kin or Kindred

direct line ascending or descending, and the other in the collateral or indirect line. The right of representation of kindred for

Lineal descendant

same stock or common ancestor it is either lineal or collateral. Lineal is that which subsists between persons, of whom one

security

pl: -ties 1 a : something (as a mortgage or collateral) that is provided to make certain the fulfillment of an

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Conditional fee

then continue precisely in the same manner, as if no collateral event, giving to the estate a determinate character, had been

Cousin

Lat., whence cusdrin, susrin; sabrino, Sp.]. A cousin is any collateral relation except brothers and sistes, and their descendants, and the

res judicata

the barring of relitigation of settled matters under merger, bar, collateral estoppel, and direct estoppel : former adjudication compare bar estoppel

interest

1 : the security interest held by the seller of collateral to secure payment of all or part of the price

bond

to take care of a particular financial need see also collateralized mortgage obligation accrual bond : a bond that is usually

recognized market

market : a market in which a secured party sells collateral upon a debtor's default, which does not rely on competitive

estoppel

2 a : a bar to the relitigation of issues collateral estoppel : estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues

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