College

^ 1.

In the civil law, corporations were called collegia, from the idea of individuals being gathered together.^ Tres faciunt collegium: three form a corporation."

2.

An organized assembly.

1 22 Wend. 227-44 (1839), cases. ' Britton V. Nicco Us, 104 U. S. 761-63 (1881), Field, J. See also First Nat. Bank of Lynn v. Smith, 132 Mass. 227 (1888); Exchange Nat. Bank v. Third Nat. Bank, 112 U.S. 381-93 (18a4),lases; Central R. Co. v.

Firet Nat

Bank of Lynchburg, 73 Ga. 383 (1884); Bank of Sherman V. Weiss, 67 Tex. 333-35 (1887), cases.

The bank is liable for misappropriation by the agent; Power v.

First Nat

Bank of Ft. Benton, 6 Monta. 251 (1887), cases: 35 Alb. Law J. 185-90, oases contra.

See 18 Cent. Law J. 165-70 (1884), cases; 80 Am. Law Rev. 889-901 (1886), cases. a Bank of the Metropolis v.

First Nat

Bank of Jersey City, 19 F. R. 303 (1884), cases. < Merchants' Nat. Bank v. Sevier, 14 F. R. 662, 667-75 (1883), cases. = L. con-llgere, to bring together, assemble.

Electoral college

The body of electors chosen by the people, in pursuance of the Xllth Amendment, to elect a President and a Vice-Pi-esident of the Uiiited States, i

See Electoral.

3.

Referring to an institution of learning, may more naturally apply to the place where a collection of students is contemplated than to the hall or building intended for their accommodation.^ In a statute exempting colleges and academies from taxation, means a seminary of learning: not the assemblage of the professors and students, nor the trustees in their corporate capacity, but certain property belonging to them, 'with the edifices and the lands whereon the same are erected.* See Abode; Char-