Legal Definition and Related Resources of Collateral Matter

In the context of evidence and credibility of witnesses, while it is open to an adverse party to impeach the credit of the witness produced on behalf of the opponent, a witness may not be impeached by contradiction on a collateral matter which is a fact that could not be shown in evidence for any purpose independent of the contradiction. If a fact is not relevant to some issue in case under pleading or admissible to discredit a witness as to interest , bias, motive , corruption or the like, it is usually considered collateral. See Herget Nat. Bank of Pekin v Johnson, 316 N.E.2d 191, 21 III. App.3d 1024.

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