SUBROGATION

subrogation. Subrogation, n. a putting in the place of another

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Sub′ro‐ga″tion (?), n. [[Cf. F. subrogation, LL. subrogatio.]] The act of subrogating. Specifically: (Law) 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.