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See also:SURROGATE (from See also:Lat. surrogare, to substitute for)
, a See also:deputy of a See also:bishop or an ecclesiastical See also:judge, acting in the See also:absence of his See also:principal and strictly See also:bound by the authority of the latter
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See also:Canon 128 of the canons of 1603 See also:lays down the qualifications necessary for the See also:office of See also:surrogate and canon 123 the regulations for the See also:appointment to the office
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At See also:present the See also:chief See also:duty of a surrogate in See also:England is the granting of See also:marriage licences, but judgments of the See also:arches See also:court of See also:Canterbury have been delivered by a surrogate in the absence of the See also:official principal
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The office is unknown in See also:Scotland, but is of some importance in the See also:United States as denoting the judge to whom the See also:jurisdiction of the See also:probate of See also:wills, the See also: |
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