subrogation right

  • 11subrogation of insurer — The right of an insurer on payment of a loss to be subrogated pro tanto to any right of action which the insured may have had against any third person whose wrongful act or neglect caused the loss insured against by the insurer. 29A Am J Rev ed… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 12subrogation — noun Date: 15th century the act of subrogating; specifically the assumption by a third party (as a second creditor or an insurance company) of another s legal right to collect a debt or damages …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13subrogation — /sʌbrəˈgeɪʃən/ (say subruh gayshuhn) noun 1. the act or process of subrogating. 2. Insurance the right of an insurer, following the payment of a claim to the insured, to recover monies from a third party responsible for the loss …

  • 14conventional subrogation — A contract right of subrogation; subrogation founded upon some understanding or agreement, express or implied, and not arising merely from the equities of the situation. New York Ins. Co. v Tice, 159 Kan 176, 152 P 2d 836, 157 ALR 1233; a… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 15legal subrogation — A right arising by operation of law. Federal Land Bank of Baltimore v. Joynes, 179 Va. 394, 18 S.E.2d 917, 920. Where one having liability, right, or fiduciary relation pays another s debt under circumstances equitably entitling former to rights …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16legal subrogation — A right arising by operation of law. Federal Land Bank of Baltimore v. Joynes, 179 Va. 394, 18 S.E.2d 917, 920. Where one having liability, right, or fiduciary relation pays another s debt under circumstances equitably entitling former to rights …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17legal subrogation — A right of subrogation existing independently of custom or statute and not dependent upon contract, assignment, privity, or strict suretyship, occurring as the legal consequence of the acts and relationship of the parties. 50 Am J1st Subro § 5.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 18subrogate — subrogation, n. /sub reuh gayt /, v.t., subrogated, subrogating. 1. to put into the place of another; substitute for another. 2. Civil Law. to substitute (one person) for another with reference to a claim or right. [1400 50; 1540 50 for def. 1;… …

    Universalium

  • 19insurance — /in shoor euhns, sherr /, n. 1. the act, system, or business of insuring property, life, one s person, etc., against loss or harm arising in specified contingencies, as fire, accident, death, disablement, or the like, in consideration of a… …

    Universalium

  • 20Fraser River Pile & Dredge Ltd. v. Can-Dive Services Ltd. — SCCInfoBox case name=Fraser River Pile Dredge Ltd. v. Can Dive Services Ltd. full case name=Fraser River Pile Dredge Ltd. v. Can Dive Services Ltd. heard date=Argued February 25, 1999 decided date=September 10, 1999 citations= [1999] 3 S.C.R.… …

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