Collatio

— Lat. [from c(mferre, to bring or put together;

— to confer.] A bringing or putting together. See Collatio bonorurn. A comparison of two things by putting them together. Collatio signorum or ^^7lorum; comparison of seals. The ancient mode of testing the genuineness of a seal, by comparing it with another known to be genuine. Bract, fol. 389 b, 398 b. Hence probably the modem comparison of hands or signatures, for a similar purpose of proof. A conferring or bestowment of a thing; collation. Beg. Grig. 31b. See Collation,