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Collusion
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CollusionFraud. 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.
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Fraud
Contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or to detain him in it, so that he may make an agreement contrary to his interest. The fraud may consist either, first, in the misrepresentation, or, secondly, in the concealment of a material fact. Fraud, force and vexation, are odious in law.
Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
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Collate
To arrange in order; verify arrangement of pages before binding or fastening; put together.
Collateral
Collateralis. From latus, a side; that which is sideways, and not direct.
Collateral assurance
Contracts. That which is made over and above the deed itself.
Collateral descendant
A descendant that is not direct, such as a niece or a cousin.
Collateral frauds
Fraudulent representing collateral for loans that (1) does not exist, (2) is not owned by the loan applicant, or (3) is grossly over-valued, or some or all of these.
Collateral heir
A collateral heir is one who is not of the direct line of the deceased, but comes from a collateral line; as, a brother, sister, an uncle and aunt, a nephew, niece, or cousin of the deceased.
Collateral issue
Practice, pleading. Where a criminal convict pleads any matter, allowed by law, in bar of execution; as pregnancy, a pardon, and the like.
Collateral kinsmen
Descent, distribution. Those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another; thus brothers and sisters are collateral to each other; the uncle and the nephew are collateral kinmen, and cousins are the same.
Collateral security
Contracts. A separate obligation attached to another contract, to guaranty its performance. By this term is also meant the transfer of property or of other contracts to insure the performance of a principal engagement.
Collateral source rule
A rule of tort law which holds that the tortfeasor is not allowed to deduct from the amount he or she would be held to pay to the victim of the tort, any goods, services or money received by that victim from other "collateral" sources as a result of the tort (eg. insurance benefits).
Collatio bonorum
Descent, distribution. Where a portion or money advanced to a son or daughter, is brought into botchpot, in order to have an equal distributive share of the ancestor's personal estate.
Collation
1) Descents. Collation -of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided, together with the other effects of the succession. 2) Ecclesiastical law. The act by which the bishop, who has the bestowing of a benefice, gives it to an incumbent. 3) Practice. The comparison of a copy with its original, in order to ascertain its correctness and conformity; the report of the officer who made the comparison, is also called a collation.
Collation of seals
Where, on the same label, one seal was set on the back or reverse of the other, this was said to be a collation of seals.
Collective agreement
A collective agreement is one made between an employer (or employers' association) and a trade union governing the relationship between the parties. It will only be legally binding upon the parties if in writing and if it states it has legal status. Some of the terms and conditions of individual employment of those employees may be covered by a collective agreement.
Collective mark
Trademark or service mark used by members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization.
Collective work
Defined in the Copyright Act as a work in which a number of contributions constituting separate and independent works in themselves are assembled into a collective whole, such as a newspaper.
Collector
Officer. One appointed to receive taxes or other impositions
College
A civil corporation, society or company, authorized by law, having in general a literary object.
Collision convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collision Between Vessels, adopted at Brussels, September 23, 1910 and in force as of March 1, 1913.
Collistrigium
The pillory.
Collocation
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 collocation.
Colloquim
Pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference.
Collude
In the context of Fraud, to act together for a fraudulent purpose.
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Collision convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collision Between Vessels, adopted at Brussels, September 23, 1910 and in force as of March 1, 1913.
Collistrigium
The pillory.
Collocation
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 collocation.
Colloquim
Pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference.
Collude
In the context of Fraud, to act together for a fraudulent purpose.
Collusion
Colonel
An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.
Colony
A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country.
Color of law
Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority
Color of title
That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J.
Color officii
By color of office.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Fraud
Contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or to detain him in it, so that he may make an agreement contrary to his interest. The fraud may consist either, first, in the misrepresentation, or, secondly, in the concealment of a material fact. Fraud, force and vexation, are odious in law.
Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Collate
To arrange in order; verify arrangement of pages before binding or fastening; put together.
Collateral
Collateralis. From latus, a side; that which is sideways, and not direct.
Collateral assurance
Contracts. That which is made over and above the deed itself.
Collateral descendant
A descendant that is not direct, such as a niece or a cousin.
Collateral frauds
Fraudulent representing collateral for loans that (1) does not exist, (2) is not owned by the loan applicant, or (3) is grossly over-valued, or some or all of these.
Collateral heir
A collateral heir is one who is not of the direct line of the deceased, but comes from a collateral line; as, a brother, sister, an uncle and aunt, a nephew, niece, or cousin of the deceased.
Collateral issue
Practice, pleading. Where a criminal convict pleads any matter, allowed by law, in bar of execution; as pregnancy, a pardon, and the like.
Collateral kinsmen
Descent, distribution. Those who descend from one and the same common ancestor, but not from one another; thus brothers and sisters are collateral to each other; the uncle and the nephew are collateral kinmen, and cousins are the same.
Collateral security
Contracts. A separate obligation attached to another contract, to guaranty its performance. By this term is also meant the transfer of property or of other contracts to insure the performance of a principal engagement.
Collateral source rule
A rule of tort law which holds that the tortfeasor is not allowed to deduct from the amount he or she would be held to pay to the victim of the tort, any goods, services or money received by that victim from other "collateral" sources as a result of the tort (eg. insurance benefits).
Collatio bonorum
Descent, distribution. Where a portion or money advanced to a son or daughter, is brought into botchpot, in order to have an equal distributive share of the ancestor's personal estate.
Collation
1) Descents. Collation -of goods is the supposed or real return to the mass of the succession, which an heir makes of the property he received in advance of his share or otherwise, in order that such property may be divided, together with the other effects of the succession. 2) Ecclesiastical law. The act by which the bishop, who has the bestowing of a benefice, gives it to an incumbent. 3) Practice. The comparison of a copy with its original, in order to ascertain its correctness and conformity; the report of the officer who made the comparison, is also called a collation.
Collation of seals
Where, on the same label, one seal was set on the back or reverse of the other, this was said to be a collation of seals.
Collective agreement
A collective agreement is one made between an employer (or employers' association) and a trade union governing the relationship between the parties. It will only be legally binding upon the parties if in writing and if it states it has legal status. Some of the terms and conditions of individual employment of those employees may be covered by a collective agreement.
Collective mark
Trademark or service mark used by members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization.
Collective work
Defined in the Copyright Act as a work in which a number of contributions constituting separate and independent works in themselves are assembled into a collective whole, such as a newspaper.
Collector
Officer. One appointed to receive taxes or other impositions
College
A civil corporation, society or company, authorized by law, having in general a literary object.
Collision convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collision Between Vessels, adopted at Brussels, September 23, 1910 and in force as of March 1, 1913.
Collistrigium
The pillory.
Collocation
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 collocation.
Colloquim
Pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference.
Collude
In the context of Fraud, to act together for a fraudulent purpose.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Collision convention
The International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collision Between Vessels, adopted at Brussels, September 23, 1910 and in force as of March 1, 1913.
Collistrigium
The pillory.
Collocation
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 collocation.
Colloquim
Pleading. A discourse a conversation or conference.
Collude
In the context of Fraud, to act together for a fraudulent purpose.
Collusion
Colonel
An officer in the army, next below a brigadier general, bears this title.
Colony
A union of citizens or subjects who have left their country to people another, and remain subject to the mother country.
Color of law
Pretense or semblance of legal right or authority
Color of title
That which in appearance is title, but which in reality is no title. Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56-59 (1855), cases. The resemblance or appearance of title. Whenever an instrument, by apt words of transfer from grantor to grantee, in form passes what purports to be the title, it gives color of title. Hall v. Law, 102 U.S. 466 (1880), Field, J.
Color officii
By color of office.
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