Consolidate
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To unite into one distinct things or parts of a thing. In a genvarious funds. In parliamentary usage, to consolidate two bills is to unite them into one. In law, to consolidate benefices, actions, or corporations is to combine them into one.
See Independent Dist. of Fairview v. Durland, 45 la. 56.