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col⋅la⋅tion

  [kuh-ley-shuhn, koh-, ko-]
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–noun
1. the act of collating.
2. Bibliography. the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume.
3. a light meal that may be permitted on days of general fast.
4. any light meal.
5. (in a monastery) the practice of reading and conversing on the lives of the saints or the Scriptures at the close of the day.
6. the presentation of a member of the clergy to a benefice, esp. by a bishop who is the patron or has acquired the patron's rights.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME collacion (< AF) < ML collāciōn-, collātiōn- (s. of collātiō), equiv. to L collāt(us) (see collate ) + -iōn- -ion
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col·la·tion   (kə-lā'shən, kŏ-, kō-)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of collating.

    1. A light meal permitted on fast days.

    2. A light meal.

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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: col·la·tion
Pronunciation: k&-'lA-sh&n, kä-, kO-
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Latin collatio bonorum (in Roman law) contribution made by emancipated heirs to an estate under an intestate succession, literally, bringing together of goods
in the civil law of Louisiana : the actual or supposed return of goods to the mass of the succession that is made by an heir who received property in advance for the purpose of having the property divided with the rest of the succession —compare HOTCHPOT
NOTE: Children and grandchildren of a decedent must return anything that they received in advance by donation inter vivos. Further, they cannot claim legacies made to them unless made expressly by the decedent as an advantage over their coheirs to be received besides their portion of the succession. Donations made to a grandchild by a grandparent during the life of the child's father are not subject to collation. A collation may be made in kind by the actual delivering up of the thing given, or by taking less from the succession in proportion to the value of the thing received in advance.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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