| Pronunciation: | | `subru'geyshun
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[n] (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another |
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SUBROGATION is a 11 letter word that starts with S. |
| | See Also: | | commutation, exchange, substitution |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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