subrogate: To substitute 1 person for another in a legal claim. substituted service: Service of process on a party by leaving the court papers with someone other than a party to the lawsuit; ...
Subrogate Definition - Transitive Verb [Latin subrogatus, past participle of subrogare surrogare to elect as a substitute, from sub- under + rogare to request] : to put in the place of another by the doctrine of subrogation ...
On the one hand, the trustee is subrogated to the bankrupt's rights in the exercise of his or her powers to hold and dispose of property of which he or she has been granted seisin.
See also: Person, Right, Lawyer, Security, Estate
 
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