01 n. The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representati…
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The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium.
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The state of being substituted for another.
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The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.[R.]
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The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him.(Civil Law)
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The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.(Theol.)
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The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metathesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis.(Chem.) See: Metathesis