Collocation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In French law. The act by which the creditors of an estate are arranged in the order in which they are to be paid according to law. The order in which the creditors are placed is also called collocation.
2 Low. (U. S.) 9, 139.