Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COLLATION, n. Sc. law: “the pooling of heritable and moveable property as amongst heirs with a view to equitable division, so avoiding hardships arising through the rule of primogeniture as regards succession to heritage. Eng. equivalent — bring into hotchpot” (Abd.16). See also Bell Dict. Law Scot. (1890) 193 and J. Erskine Princ. Law Scot. (1903) iii. ix. 1.
[O.Sc. collatioun is not used in the specific sense mentioned above, although “the action of bringing together” is given as one meaning in D.O.S.T. From O.Fr. collation, Lat. collatio, with meaning as in Sc. law.]
