e o
L
22 l
e o
I.
(¡cer who
m~d~
the
cOll1 p~lifon.
A collated aél is e·
quivalent
10
its origm, l, pru,idnl
:.11
the p.¡n"s COIl·
cernen were prefent at the coJJatioo.
COLLATION, in SCOts law, that right which
~n
heir
h.s of throwing the whole heritaGle aocl 1Il0v<ül"
enates of the deceafed iotu one mafs, anú [hartng it . –
qually with th e others in the fdme dcgree of kmdred,.
,'.hen he thinks fuch Olá'" ",ill be 'llore
th~n
lhe l;tlue
(lf
lh~
hel ilage
tO
":li, h he had :;n e.,e1ufi ve ude.
See SCOTS
J.AIV,
title,
SIICcrJ1i'"
i.
IIIOVMÓ/".
COLLA TlON is alfo vulg"ly ufeú for a rep.n betlYeen
dinner and fUFper.
COLLEAGUE, a rartner or all'ociate in the fame oRice
or magillralUre. See I\O¡UNCT.
COLLECTS, in an ecel"fiaflical fenfe, the[hOrt prayers
i010 which the public dcvotions of the churrh are di–
vided. .
In lhe primilive chureh, lhe colle8s were rereated
by the biOlOp alone, afler lhe joint pra)'ers uf lhe dea–
con and congregalioo.
COLLECTlVE, among grammalians, a term applied
10 a noun exprelling a multitude, lhough ilfelf be on–
Iy fingulor; as ao army, company, lroop,
&c.
called
colle8ive nouns.
COLLECTOR, in
gen~ral,
denoles a perfon \Vho gels
Qr brings logelher lhings forme"y difpclfLd and
fc~a.
rated. Hence,
COL LE CTOR, ill Illatters of civil polity, is a perfon ap'
pointed by the comrr.inioners of
3~y
dut )', the inhabi·
tanlS of a pariOl,
&c.
10
raife or galher any kind of
tax.
COI.LECTOR,
~r.IOr.g
botar.ins, one \Vho gm togclher as
many pldntS as he can, without fludy,ng botany in .¡
fcienlifical manner.
COLLEGATORY, in the ei,'il law,
~
perfon \Vhn has
a legacy lefl him in commnn with one or more other
perlon,.
COLLEGE, an all'eOlbJ.lgeof feveral bodies or focieties,
or (lf feveral pcrfuns inlo one fociety.
ColJege, among theRomans , ferved indifferendy for
thore employed in lhe olfices of religirn, uf gOI'el n–
meot, thelilteral, andevenmech.o;r.1
allS
aod <rades;
fo thal, Wilh !hem, the worJ lignditd what we ea ll a
corporation or compJny.
cach of lhefe collrges
h~d
dinio8 meeting.places
or halls; and likewi(e, in Imiral ion of the ,fate, a
trnfury and wmmon chtn, a regiller, aod one to re–
rrefent thtm upon Pllblic ocralioos, aOlI a8s of go–
I<rnmeot. T htfe coJlel:es h. d the
pri\'il~ge
of lOa·
nlUtllttiog n,rcs, of bcil'g kgdlCs, and
má~ ing
by–
la",s for "l"i r own body, provided they diJ nOt e1,IOt
witll thofe uf the grJV1.rnmeot.
Thlre .!le I'arions colleges on foo! among the mo–
deros, fouoded 011 Ihe modd of thofe of the ancicnts.
Sudt are the th ree collel'cs of the empirr,
viz .
COLLlGE
nfrldlon, .r
Ih,ir d!¡'.lirJ,
afl~nlb!ed
in the
diet of Ib tinllJO.
COLLEGE
o[
/
riIJw.
tht GoJv of prioces, or lheir de–
puties, at the diet of Il ...
ifh.n,
COLLF.GEr.[
Cili(J,
is, in hkc iI\lOnCr, the
bo~l'
Qf de·
pulies wh:ch the illlPer:al ci:ilS
Llid
tu
the diet.
COLLEGE
.r
cnrdiIJa/¡,
or the
/ncrd
COLLE Gr., a
b'o~
dy comporl'd 01' the tbree orders
01'
carJmals. Sec
CAROINALS .
COL LEG E;s alfo ufed for a public place endowen Wilh
cettaiIY rel'enues. where lhe fenral parts 01' learning
are taught.
Ao
.n~mblage
of feveral of thefe colleges connitute
ao unil'cdiIY. fhe ereélion 01' collcges is parl of the
royal prerogatil'e, and not
10
be dune withoUl the
king's licenle. See V
N
I
V
E
RSI
T
Y.
COLLEG&
~r
cÍt'ilinm,
cummooly called
Do{/m,co/n.
1/IOnl,
foundeu by Dr Km'ey, deao ofthe arch"s, for
the profelTors 01' lhe civil law refiding in the cily uf
London. The judges of the
arche~,
admira"y,
~nJ
prerogative coun, \Vllh feveral otlter eminent clviltans,
conununly telide here.
To this college belong thiny.four pro,qors, \Vho
make themfd ves parties for their dients, manage their
caufes, give licenfes for
m",ia~es,
6c.
lo the COO1:non hall of DoltJrs·commons are helel
fel'eral courts, under the jurilai8ion of the civil law,
particu larly the high court of admiralty, the cuu n uf
delegat"s, lhe arches court of
Cant~rbury,
aoJ
tI,e
prtrog,til'e court of Canterbury, whofe terms for lit–
tiog are much like thofe at WealOinaer, el'ery ooe of
thcm holoing feveral cOl1rt·days; mof[ of them lixed
aod known by preced iog holidJyS, aRO the
rea
dproint–
ed
al lhe judg<'s ple.fure.
e
OLUG E
o; ph):/iC/anJ,
a corporaion of ph)'ficians in
London, \Vhofe number, by charter, is oot tOexceen
eighty. The chief of thent are called felbl\'s, and
lhe next candidates, who fill up the places of felloll's
as rhey becoOle "acant by death, or otherwife. Next
to thefe are the honorary fellows ; and laflly, the h–
centiates, that is, fuch as b.ing found cJpable, UpOIl
exalOinalioll, are alluwed to pr.8ife phyfic,
This college has fl veral great privileges grallted by
charter and aéls of parliamenl. No man can pra8jle
ph) fic io. or
wir~io
feven miles of London, without
I,cl nfe of ,he
colJe~e,
under lhe penalty of
¡/,
Al–
fo, perfons rr.,8iling phylic in other parts of Englaoll
are to hal'e lellers tell llnollial from the prefidellt and
three elecqs, unlefs they be gr.dnate plt)'ficians .of O.x.
ford or Cambridge. Every
meml.ernI' the rollcge is
aUlhQrif.d to prattife furgery in Lundon or elfewhere ;
and lhae lh"y OIay be able at all times to amnd lheir
p,ticnts, they are freed from all
p~rtOI.olfices.
The collc¡:e is gO'troed by a prclideot, fuor cenfors,
and twelve ele801S. The cenlors have, by charter,
pOIVa
10
IUI\'ty, gllVCI O, anri arrea all phyficians, or
ut:'CIS,
p"éltfing PU) fic in or widtin feven miles of
]."ndoo ; tO finc, antet ce, and impl ifon lhemat dif–
netÍon;
10
fca rdt apothecalies fllOpSI
éc.
in and a–
OOUt Lundun ; to fte if their drugs,
IJ'c.
be \Vhole–
fome, and lh. compulitions acwrúiog to lhe form rre–
fcribl'o by lhe collcge io thci r Mpenfaries; and to
bnro, or otherwife dellrov, thofe that are defeÜive
or cce;') td, and not lit f,·; I1fe.
In
16~6.
forty.tll·o memb" s of Ihe college made a
fllbfcr:rlion,
to
fet on foot a difpcnr."y for lhe rcl:ef
of d.e
li~k
poor, wlto are ad.ifcd gratis emy day bur.
SIJDdlj ,.