Expenditure subject to collation

All the expenses, which the deceased had made in favour of his children, whether by way of dowry and bride’s outfit, whether as patrimony for ordination, or with higher studies or military services, or for settling them or payment of their debts, shall be collated. § 1 - But in the computation of such expenses, it shall always be borne in mind that the ordinary expenses, which otherwise the parents were bound to incur, are to be eliminated, and the same parents may dispense with the collation provided there is no excess over the disposable portion. § 2 - The money which the children have given to the parents without being by way of gift, are equally to be deducted from the amounts to be collated.