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Latin: In Roman law, It was competent for a testator after instituting a hares (called the "hatres institutus") to substitute auother (called the "haeres substitutus") in his place in a certain event. If the event upon which the substitution was to take effect was the refusal of the instituted heir to accept the inheritance at all, then the substitution was called "vulgaris." … [Read more...]

(A) civil law. In the law of devises, it is 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. 2. It is a species of subrogation made in two different ways; the first is direct substitution, and the latter a trust or fidei commissary substitution. The first or direct … [Read more...]