subrogation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: subrogation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for subrogation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
subrogation n (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.