The phrase "a collateral issue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a secondary or related issue that is not the main focus but still relevant to the discussion.
Example: "While the main topic of our meeting is budget cuts, we should also address a collateral issue regarding employee morale."
Alternatives: "a related issue" or "a secondary issue".
"She's a sideshow; she's a collateral issue," he said.
Rather, it requires the determination of a collateral issue: whether the attorney has abused the judicial process, and, if so, what sanction would be appropriate.
Justice Stevens said it was wrong to dismiss deportation as a "collateral" issue because deportation is nearly automatic in many cases.
Like the imposition of costs, attorney's fees, and contempt sanctions, a Rule 11 sanction is not a judgment on the action's merits, but simply requires the determination of a collateral issue, which may be made after the principal suit's termination.
Your May 14 editorial about genetically altered salmon -- "hormonally hyperactive creatures" -- brought to mind a collateral issue: the lack of regulations requiring disclosure pertaining to the feedstuffs on which farm-raised fish are grown.
She argued that the inquiry was "impeachment on a collateral issue". Andrews, who is expected to rule soon on whether Duncan deserves a new trial, agreed that Ayoub's views on vaccination were irrelevant.
"Winning at all costs comes at a price: collateral issues of rivalry, arrogance, selfishness, and a lack of humility and generosity," his report says, and it goes on.
Officials from European finance ministries spent much of Friday in long-distance negotiations about the collateral issue but did not reach an agreement.
By addressing the root problems -- in the right order -- we will end this collateral issue that only exists because we have a border that is not secure and a broken system".
Finland is still negotiating with its European partners on the collateral issue, and officials in Helsinki have expressed optimism that a solution will be found to address Finnish sensibilities without undermining the aid package.
"This gives banks the backing we need to get over the collateral issue," and makes the lending process "more palatable," said Christopher C. Giamo, a vice president at Commerce Bank, a lender based in Cherry Hill that was involved in the loan to Price Systems.
