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SUR'ROGATE, n. [L. surrogatus, surrogo, subrogo; sub and rogo, to propose. Rogo, to ask or propose, signifies primarily to reach, put or thrust forward; and subrogo is to put or set in the place of another.] In a general sense, a deputy; a delegate; a substitute; particularly, the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor. In some of the United States,the judge of probate, of wills and testaments.
SUR'ROGATE, v.t. To put in the place of another. [Little used.]
A deputy; a delegate; a
substitute.
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most
commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants
marriage licenses.
[Eng.] In some States of the United States, an
officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and
yield the settlement of estates.
To put in
the place of another; to substitute.
[R.] Dr. H.
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