Surrogate
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Surrogate, one that is substituted or appointed in the room of another, as by a bishop, chancellor, judge, etc., especially an officer appointed to dispense licences to marry without banns, 2 Steph. Com.
A substitute; esp., a person appointed to act in place of another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1458.
By the Legal practitioners Act, 1877 (repealed by, and see now Part IV. of the Solicitors Act, 1932 [22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37)], any surrogate, not being 'a qualified practitioner,' i.e., a barrister, solicitor, etc., who for a fee prepares papers on which to found a grant of probate, etc., is liable to a penalty.
A substitute; esp., a person appointed to act in place of another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1458.
By the Legal practitioners Act, 1877 (repealed by, and see now Part IV. of the Solicitors Act, 1932 [22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37)], any surrogate, not being 'a qualified practitioner,' i.e., a barrister, solicitor, etc., who for a fee prepares papers on which to found a grant of probate, etc., is liable to a penalty.
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