Law Dictionary

To gather together; to bring scattered things (assets, accounts, articles of property) into one mass or fund. To cellect a debt or claim is to obtain payment or liquidation of it,

For purposes of this subsection, the term “collectible” means— (A) any work of art, (B) any rug or antique, (C) any metal or gem, (D) any stamp or coin, (E) any alcoholic beverage,

The term "collectibles certification service" means a person recognized by collectors for providing independent certification that collectible items are genuine.

The terms “collectibles gain” and “collectibles loss” mean gain or loss (respectively) from the sale or exchange of a collectible (as defined in section 408(m) without regard to pa

The terms “collectibles gain” and “collectibles loss” mean gain or loss (respectively) from the sale or exchange of a collectible (as defined in section 408(m) without regard to pa

the bank becomes the agent of the payee or obligee to receive payment. The agency extends no further, and without special authority an agent can only receive payment of the debt du

the better doctrine is, where the common law prevails, that the agency of the collecting bank is brought to an end by the collection of the paper, the bank from then on being in th

The term “collection” means a collection of intellectual and cultural artifacts, including documents, sculpture, and works of art.

the term “collection of information”— (A) means the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to third parties or the public, of facts or opinions

Collective bargaining is a continuing process. Among other things, it involves day-to-day adjustments in the contract and other working rules, resolution of new problems not covere

It is more than a contract; it is a generalized code to govern a myriad of cases which the draftsmen cannot wholly anticipate

The term "collectively bargained apprenticeship program contributions" means, with respect to any calendar quarter, contributions which— (i) are paid or incurred by an em

The term “collectively bargained cost maintenance period” means, with respect to each covered retiree and his covered spouse and dependents, the shorter of— (i) the remaining lifet

The term "collectively bargained defined benefit pension plan contributions" means, with respect to any calendar quarter, contributions which— (i) are paid or incurred by

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “collectively bargained employer cost” means the average cost per covered individual of providing collectively bargained health benefits

The term “collectively bargained health benefits” means health benefits or coverage— (i) which are provided to retired employees who, immediately before the collectively bargained

The term “collectively bargained life insurance benefits” means, with respect to any collectively bargained transfer— (i) applicable life insurance benefits which are provided to r

The term “collectively bargained plan” means a group health plan or arrangement for retired employees and their spouses and dependents, or a group-term life insurance plan or arran

The term “collectively bargained retiree liabilities” means the present value, as of the beginning of a taxable year and determined in accordance with the applicable collective bar

The terms “qualified future transfer” and “collectively bargained transfer” mean a transfer which meets all of the requirements for a qualified transfer, except that— (i) the deter

The terms “trademark”, “service mark”, “certification mark”, and “collective mark” have the meanings given such terms in section 45 of the Act of July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to

The term “collective total costs”— (A) means the total costs of establishing, maintaining, and operating the mechanical licensing collective to fulfill its statutory functions, inc

See C. O. D.

He did not receive them as a bailee, but as a collecting officer. He is liable for them on his bond, and not on any original bailment or lending.

I. I. In old English law. Persons lections for another; collectors.

it may be assumed as the settled doctrine of the law, that where money is illegally demanded and received by an agent, he cannot exonerate himself from personal responsibility by p

An English officer who reports weekly the births and burials to the magistrates.

A person temporarily appointed by the probate court to collect rents, assets, interest, bills receivable, etc., of a decedent's estate, and act for the estate in ali financial matt

An officer of the United States, appointed for the term of four years, but removable at the pleasure of the president. Act May 15, 1820, § 1; 3 Story, U. S. Laws, 1790. The duties

The power of the collector to detain is confined to a vessel ostensibly bound with a cargo to some other port of the United States. Can a vessel which has actually arrived at her p

There is a confidence placed in the discretion of a Collector, in cases of this kind, which may be abused, but which ought to protect him from loss when there is no reason to belie

The law of congress under which the collector acted is clear and explicit. The collector was bound by law to seize and detain the Union, on her arrival in his district, if, in his

If he seizes any goods, it is at his own peril; and he is condemnable in damages and costs, if it shall turn out, upon the final adjudication, that there was no probable cause for

In a suit for unlawful exaction the liability of a collector is not official but personal.

the term “collects” includes raising and receiving;

In the civil law. A colleague; an associate; one having the same power virith another, qui sunt ejusdem potestatis. Dig. 50. 16. 173.

I In the civil law. A co-legatee.

(Lat; Eng. colegatory). In the civil law. A colegatee. Inst. 2. 20. 8.

A co-legatee; a person who has a legacy left to him in common with other persons.

In general.—The terms "college" and "university" mean an educational institution in any State which (i) admits as regular students only persons having a certifi

The term “college affinity card” means a credit card issued by a credit card issuer under an open end consumer credit plan in conjunction with an agreement between the issuer and a

Individual members of a college fraternity may enjoin the unauthorized withdrawal of the charter of the chapter to which they belong; the membership would remain to them in spite o

The term “College Navigator website” means the College Navigator website operated by the Department and includes any successor website. / The term "College Navigator website&q

The term “college student” means an individual who is a full-time or a part-time student attending an institution of higher education.

The term “college student credit card account” means a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan established or maintained for or on behalf of any college student.

The term “college textbook” means a textbook or a set of textbooks, used for, or in conjunction with, a course in postsecondary education at an institution of higher education.

The guild of a trade.

In a corporate capacity. 2 Kent, Comm. 296.

In English ecclesiastical endowed for a society or body corporate dent, and secular priests, as canons or

In English ecclesiastical law. A church built and endowed for a society or body corporate of a dean or other president, and secular priests, as canons or prebendaries in the said c

The term “collegiate school of nursing” means a department, division, or other administrative unit in a college or university which provides primarily or exclusively a program of e

A corporation; an ecclesiastical body uncontrolled by the state.

The college or society of the admiralty. See a description in Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 1, c. 2. COLLEGIUM EST SOCIETAS PLURIUM corporum simul habitantlum. A college is a society of

The college or society of the admiralty.

A college is a society composed of many persons living together.

One which abused its right, or assembled for any other purpose than that expressed in its charter.

An assemblage or society of men united for some useful purpose or business, with power to act like a single individual. 2 Kent, Comm. 269. Collegium est societas plurium corporum s

C0ALERY. A coal mine, coal pit, or place where coals are dug, with the engines and machinery used in 'discharging the water and raising the coal. Webster. Colliery is a collective

See "Ad Colligendum, etc."

In maritime law. The act of ships or vessels striking together,, or of one vessel running against or foul of another. As ordinarily used, it includes "allision" (q. V.)

As is usual in cases of collision, each party makes out a good case by the testimony of the pilot and crew of his own boat. This collision occurred, also, after night; and although

The mere fact that one vessel strikes and damages another, does not of itself make her liable for the injury; the collision must in some degree be occasioned by her fault.

The general rule is, where two vessels meet each other, one propelled by steam and the other by the winds, the steamer must give way, and avoid a collision.

The pillory.

A litigant.

I. I. In old English law. The

A hood or covering for the shoulders, formerly worn by Serjeants at law. Spelman.

the term "collocated facilities" means facilities that are located in the same building, or are part of a related complex of buildings located on the same grounds; / the

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 a

In actions for libel or slander, the averment that the language in question was published or uttered of and concerning the plaintiff. It is, however, frequently used in practice to

To enter into a collusion.

An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. The act of married persons in procuring a d

Resulting from collusion.

A collusive capture conveys no title to the captors, not because the commission is thereby made void, but because the captors thereby forfeit all title to the prize property.

The owner of a tract of land may convey it in order that the title may be tried in the federal courts, but the conveyance must be made bona fide, so that the prosecution of the sui

One wherein the parties agree that one of them may secure a divorce upon unfounded charges. See 65 Cal. 354, 4 Pac. 229.

any attempt, by a mere colorable dispute, to obtain the opinion of the court upon a question of law which a party desires to know for his own interest or his own purposes, when the

mere unity of interest or difference in its degrees is not enough; there must be an illegal purpose. If the interest was real and the peril which threatened was real or thought to

A money changer.

In the civil law. A money changer.

In the civil law. EJxchange, eambium. Grotius de Jure Belli, lib. 2, c. 12, i 3, par. 4.

or CONE. In Saxon and old English law. An account or calculation. 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 284, note.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “colonia” means any identifiable community that— (A) is in the State of Arizona, California, New Mexico, or Texas; (B) is in the area of t

The laws of a colony. In the United States. The term is used to designate the body of law in force in the colonies of America at the time of the commencement of our independence, w

In the English government, this is the department of state through which the sovereign appoints colonial governors, etc., and communicates with them. Until the year 1854, the secre

See Independence; Law, Common; Religion; State, 2 (3, b); Tax, 2; Wreck.

The title to the decree shows its subject to be 'colonization.' The term colonization implies immigration in numbers. The first section speaks of the subjects of such colonization

A serf; a husbandman.

A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to ihe mothercountry. 3 Wash. C. C. (U. S.) 287. The country occupied by the colon

The term “color” includes black, white, and intermediate grays.

That which has or gives color. That which is in appearance only, and not in reallty, what it purports to be. —Colorable alteration. One which makes no real or substantial change, b

An alteration made only for the purpose of evading the law, — of copyright, for instance.

A colorable invocation of jurisdiction. See Ann. Cas. (Ala.) 1914C, 1155.

Once it is established that the claim is not colorable nor frivolous, the claimant has the right to have the merits of his claim passed on in a plenary suit and not summarily. Of s

a colorable device to enable the transferrers, through the favor and name of the transferee, to invoke a federal jurisdiction which they could not invoke in their own right

The term “colorable imitation” includes any mark which so resembles a registered mark as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.

If the court found as a fact that the damages were laid in the declaration colorably and beyond a reasonable expectation of recovery, for the purpose of creating jurisdiction, ther

The true and only ground of objection in all these cases is, that the assignor or grantor, as the case may be, is the real party in the suit, and the plaintiff on the record but no

The practice of giving color in pleading. 3 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 438.

The term “color additive” means a material which— (A) is a dye, pigment, or other substance made by a process of synthesis or similar artifice, or extracted, isolated, or otherwise