Category:Subrogation

Sub`ro*ga"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. subrogation, ll. subrogatio.]

Defn: the act of subrogating. Specifically: (law)

Defn: 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.