contra formam collationis
contra formam collationis (kon-tr[schwa] for-m[schwa]m k[schwa]-lay-shee-oh-nis). [Latin “against the form of a collation”] Hist. A writ to regain lands given to a religious society in exchange for perpetual alms. • The writ was usu. sought by an heir of the person who had given the land away.