per collationem bonorum
per collationem bonorum (p[schwa]r k[schwa]-lay-shee-oh-n[schwa]m b[ schwa]-nor-[schwa]m). [Latin] Scots law. By bringing goods received into account (collation). • When heirs-at-law, or heirs who had received from a deceased ancestor during the ancestor’s lifetime, wished to share in the legitim fund, they had to bring in (to collate) what they had received before the legitim could be shared out. See COLLATION(2).