Found 2 items, similar to Subrogation.
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Definition: subrogation
subrogation
n : (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another
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Definition: Subrogation
Subrogation
\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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