Sub`sti*tu"tion (?), n.
[L. substitutio: cf. F. substitution.]
1. 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.
2.
The state of being substituted for another.
3. The office or
authority of one acting for another; delegated authority. [R.]
Shak.
4. (Civil Law) 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. Burrill.
5.
(Theol.) The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his
sufferings were expiatory.
6.
(Chem.) 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.
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