subrogation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another

WordNet


Sub`ro*ga"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. subrogation, LL. subrogatio.
Definitions
  1. 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 1913