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SURROGATE (from Lat. surrogare, to substitute for)

SURROGATE (from See also:
LAT
Lat. surrogare, to substitute for) , a See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy of a See also:

bishop or an ecclesiastical See also:

JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, acting in the See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of his See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal and strictly See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound by the authority of the latter. See also:

CANON

Canon 128 of the canons of 1603 See also:

LAYS

lays down the qualifications necessary for the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of surrogate and canon 123 the regulations for the See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment to the office. At See also:

PRESENT

present the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of a surrogate in See also:

England is the granting of See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage licences, but judgments of the See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches See also:

court of See also:

Canterbury have been delivered by a surrogate in the absence of the See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official principal. The office is unknown in See also:

Scotland, but is of some importance in the See also:

UNITED

United States as denoting the judge to whom the See also:

jurisdiction of the See also:

PROBATE

probate of See also:

WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

wills, the See also:

grant of See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and of See also:

GUARDIAN

guardian-See also:

SHIP

ship is confided. In some states he is termed surrogate, in others judge of probate, See also:

REGISTER

register, judge of the orphans' court, &c. His jurisdiction is See also:

LOCAL

local, being limited to his See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

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