Sub Stitution
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. The putting of one person in the place of another, so that he may, in default of ability in the former, or after him, have the benefit of a devise or legacy. Direct substitution is merely the institution of a second legatee in case the first should be either incapable or unwilling to accept the legacy. Fidei commissary substitution is that which takes place when the person substituted is not to receive, the legacy after the first legatee, and, consequently, must receive the thing bequeathed from the hands of the latter. Merlin, Rupert.
See Subrogation.