Collation

In Civil Law. The bringing together of property into a common fund; hotchpot. 2 Bl. Comm. 617. Particularly applied to the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share, or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided together with the other effects of the succession. Civ. Code La. art. 1305. In Ecclesiastical Law. The act by which the bishop who has the bestowing of a benefice gives it to an incumbent. In Practice. The comparison of a copy with its original, in order to ascertain its correctness and conformity. The report of the officer who made the comparison is also called a collation.

In Civil Law. The supposed or real return to the mass of the succession which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided together with the other effects of the succession. See Succession of Thompson, 9 La. Ann. 96. As the object of collation is to equalize the heirs, it follows that those things are excluded from collation which the heir acquired by an onerous title from the ancestor; that is, where he gave a valuable consideration for them. And, upon the same principle, if a co-heir claims no share of the estate, he is not bound to collate. Qui non vult hereditatem non cogitur ad collationem. It corresponds to the common law hotchpot; 2 Bla. Com. 517. In Ecclesiastical Law. The act by which the bishop who has the bestowing of a benefice gives it to an incumbent. Where the ordinary and patron were the same person, presentation and institution to a benefice became one and the same act; and this was called collation. Collation rendered the living full except as against the king; 1 Bla. Com. 391. An advowson under such circumstances Is termed collative; 2 Bla. Com. 22. In Practice. The comparison of a copy with its original, in order to ascertain its correctness and conformity. The report of the officer who made the comparison is also called a collation.

In the civil law. The colistion of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession which an heir makes of property which he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided together with the other effects of the succession. Civ. Code La. art. 1227; Miller v. Mlller, 105 Ln. 257, 29 South. 802. The term is sometimes used also in ccra-mon-law jurisdictions in the sense given abave. It is synonymous with "hotchpot." Moore v. Freeman, 50 Ohio St. 592, 35 N. E. 502.

In practice. The comparison of a copy with its original to ascertain its correctness; or the report of the officer who made the comparison.

Inthe civil law. The collation of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession which an heir makes of property which he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divide! together with the other effects of the succession. Civil Code La, art. 1227. The term is soinctimes used also in common-law jurisdictions in the sense given above. It is synonymous with “hotchpot.” In practice. The comparison of a copy with its original to ascertain its correctness; or the report of the officer who made the comparison.