substitute

substitute, n.

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.

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