SUBROGATION

subrogation

(noun) (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

subrogation (countable and uncountable, plural subrogations)

(legal) Substitution of a different person in place of a creditor or claimant with respect to certain rights and duties.

Source: Wiktionary

Sub`ro*ga"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. subrogation, LL. subrogatio.]

Definition: The act of subrogating. Specifically: (Law)

Definition: The substitution of one person in the place of another as a creditor, the new creditor succeeding to the rights of the former; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor. Bouvier. Burrill. Abbott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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