In English law, contra format collations was a writ to recover donations in a situation where a man had given perpetual alms to a religious house, hospital, school, or the like, and the governor or managers had alienated the lands, contrary to the intention of the donor.[1][2][3]
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edit- ^ "Contra Forma Collations" Legal Dictionaries of the Encyclopedia of Law Project
- ^ "Contra Formam Collationis (or Feoffamenti)" Legal Dictionaries of the Encyclopedia of Law Project
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