Definitions for: Subrogation

[n] (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: commutation, exchange, substitution

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