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Webster 1913 Edition
Subrogation
Subˊro-ga′tion
,Noun.
[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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Subrogation
SUBROGA'TION
,Noun.