Sŭb'/ro-gā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. subrogation, Pr. subrogatio, Sp. subrogacion, It. surrogazione.] (Civil & American Law.) The substitution of one person in the place of another, and giving him his rights; the mode by which a third person who pays a creditor succeeds to his rights against the debtor.

Bouvier. Burrill.