1. One who stands in another’s place (a substitute for a party). See SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES; SUBROGATION.
2. Civil law. A person named in a will as heir to an estate after the estate has been held and then passed on by another specified person (called the institute). See INSTITUTE(5).
3. Parliamentary law. A form of the motion to amend by replacing one or more words with others. See amendment by substituting under AMENDMENT(3).
4. Scots law. A deputy. — substitute, vb.
