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COLLOCATION

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In French law. The arrangement or marshaling of the creditors of an estate In the order In which they are to be paid according to law. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition 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 … [Read more...] about COLLOCATION

COLLATIONE FACTA UNI POST MORTEM ALTERIUS

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A writ directed to justices of the common pleas, commanding them to issue their writ to the bishop, for the admission of a clerk in the place of another presented by the crown, where there had been a demise of the crown during a suit; for judgment once passed for the king's clerk, and he dying before admittance, the king may bestow his presentation on another. Reg. Orig. 31. … [Read more...] about COLLATIONE FACTA UNI POST MORTEM ALTERIUS

COLLOQUIM

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One of the usual parts of the declaration in an action for slander. It is a general averment that the words complained of were spoken "of and concerning the plaintiff" or concerning the extrinsic matters alleged in the inducement and its office is to connect the whole publication with the previous statement. An averment that the words in question are spoken of or concerning … [Read more...] about COLLOQUIM