Sc. Law. [L., neut. sing. of surrogātus, pa. pple. of surrogāre to SURROGATE.] A thing put in the place of another; a substitute.
1766. Kames, Princ. Equity (1767), 224. This new bond, being a surrogatum in place of the former.
a. 1768. Erskine, Inst. Law Scot., II. x. § 29. Its value is the fifth of the rent payable for both stock and tithe; which is accounted a reasonable surrogatum, in place of a tenth of the increase.
