Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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SURROGATUM, n. Sc. Law: that which stands in place of another, a substitute or equivalent, as the price of a thing for the thing itself. [sʌrɔ′getəm]Sc. 1765 Morison Decisions 15133:
The money . . . being proved to be the proceeds of the executory-effects, must belong to the pursuer as the surrogatum of these.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 960:
The price is the surrogatum of an estate, because the burdens which fall upon the estate will, in some cases, be transferred to the price received from it.Sc. 1928 Encycl. Laws Scot. XIV. 326:
Where a testator bequeaths what is another's, believing it to be his own, the legatee is entitled neither to the legacy nor to a surrogatum out of the estate for its value.
