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n

The selection of an individual or a thing to take the place of another; the process of one thing taking anotherÂ’s place or one person acting in lieu of another.

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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