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subrogation definition - legal

n

  1. A paying of or an assumption of the debt of one person by another.
  2. The passing of rights from one party to another by virtue of the secondÂ’s assumption of a debt on behalf of the first party;
  3. In insurance, the right of an insurer to recover from a third party all amounts paid out on behalf of its insured.  

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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