Institute
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch Law, The person first called in the "tailzie"; the rest, or the heirs of tailzie, are called- "substitutes."
Ersk, Prac, 3, 8. 8.
See "Substitutes." In Civil Law. One who is appointed heir by testament, and is required to give the estate devised to another person, who is called the "substitute." To name or to make an heir by testament.
Dig. 28. 5. 65, To make an accusation; to commence an action,