COLLECT

To gather together; to bring: scattered things (a ets, accounts, articles ot property) into one ma or fund. To ~ollect a debt or claim is to obtain pa1- ment or liquidation of it, either· by personal solicitation or legal proceedings. White v. Case,.13 Wend. (N. Y.) 544; Ryan v. Tudor, 31 Kan. 366, 2 Pac. 797; Purdy v. In depend• ence, 75 Iowa, 356, 39 N. W. 641; Mcinerny v. Reed, 23 Iowa, 414; Taylor v. Kearne1 O County, 35 Neb. 381, 53· N. W. 211. -,.Collect on delivery. See C. 0. D.-Col• lector. One authorized to receive taxes or other impositions; as "collector of taxes." A per• son appointed by a private person to collect the credits due him.-Collector of deoedent'■ E estate. A person temporarily appointed by the probate court to collect rents, a ets, interest, bills receivable, etc., of a decedent's estate, and act for the estate in all financial matters requiring immediate settlement. Suc'h collector i11 usually appointed when the.re is protracted litigation as to the probate of the will, or as to f the person to take out administration, and his duties cease as soon as an executor or admin• is trat or is qualified.-Collector of the ClLll• toms..An officer of the United,States, appointed for the term of four years. Act May 15, 1820, I 1; 3 Story, U. S. l,,aws, 1790.-Col• leotion. Indorsement "for collection," See G FOB CoLIECTION.,. COLLEGA, In the civil law. One invested with joint authority. A. colleague; an a ociate. [s. 221]