Collatio

I. A bringing or putting together; a throwing into one fund or mass; a comparison of two things by putting them, together; a conferring or bestowment of a thing; collation; contribution or averaga Collatio bonorum: the bringing of an advancement into hotchpot Collatio signorum, or sigillorum: comparison of seals; the old way of testing genuineness, by comparison with a seal known to be genuine, v. Comparatio literarum; Comparison of hands. In the civil law. Collatio bonorum: collation of goods; a bringing together of goods or property into a common fund, especially of property received of a testator by way of advancement, for the purpose of a more equitable division among the heirs. In Louisiana it is called collation or rapport.