[ad. L. substitūtus, pa. pple. of substituĕre (see next).]
† A. pa. pple. Substituted. Obs.
1432–50. trans. Higden (Rolls), IV. 29. Elidurus … was substitute in to the kynge.
1533. More, Lett. to T. Cromwell, Wks. 1427/2. It may well happen, that this pope may be deposed, & another substitute in his rome.
1555. Eden, Decades (Arb.), 109. A hundreth and fyftie fresshe men whiche were substitute in the place of suche as were deade.
1577–87. Holinshed, Hist. Scot., II. 385/1. He was iudged … meet … to be chosen or substitute deputie and chancellor.
1680. trans. Buchanan’s De Jure Regni apud Scotos (1689), 43. Robert the first was substitute in his stead.
1681. Stair, Inst. Law Scot., II. xxvi. 100. Different Lines Substitute in these Tailzies.
B. ppl. a. 1. Substituted for or taking the place of another person or thing; (of officials) deputy. Obs. exc. Sc. in sheriff substitute (with incorrect pl. sheriff substitutes).
1615. trans. De Monfart’s Surv. E. Indies, Pref. B 2. My second and substitute Country.
1648. Gage, West Ind., xii. 42. Who send from thence their substitute Vicars to rule.
1685. Baxter, Paraphr. N. T., Acts xv. 6. Had not Apostolick Testimony … proved the abrogation, it would more hardly have been believed … than the substitute Canons of Bishops.
1754. in Nairne Peerage Evid. (1874), 50. John Richardson sheriff substitute of the shire of Perth.
1815, 1866, 1894. [see SHERIFF 2 b].
2. Sc. Law. Nominated in remainder.
1681. Stair, Inst. Law Scot., II. xxvi. 101. The Children are but Heirs Substitute.
1816. Scott, Antiq., xvi. No string of substitute heirs of entail.
