Institute
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
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In the civil law. person named in the will as heir, but with 1 direction that he shall pass over the estate to another designated person, called the “substi tute.” In Seotch law, The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limilation; the others, or the heirs of tailzie, are called “substitutes.”