1. To name or to make an heir by testament. To make an accusation; to commence an action. 2. Scotch law. The person first called in the tailzie; the rest, or the heirs of tailzie, are called substitutes. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 3, 8, 8. See Tailzie, Heir of; Substitutes. 2. In the civil law, an inastitute is one who is appointed heir by testament, and is required to give the estate devised to another person, who is called the substitute.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
(noun) – In the civil law. A person named in the will as heir, but with a direction that he shall pass over the estate to another designated person, called the “substitute.” In Scotch law. The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation ; the others, or the heirs of tailzie, are called “substitutes.”
(verb) – To inaugurate or commence; as to institute an action To nominate, constitute, or appoint; as to institute an heir by testament Dig. 28, 5, 65.