Subrogatus

Subrogatus is a Latin adjective meaning substituted or deputed, used in historical legal Latin to designate a person who has been placed in the stead of another with respect to rights, obligations, or offices. The related noun subrogatio denotes substitution or subrogation, and the verb is subrogare. In ancient and medieval legal texts, subrogatus appears to describe someone who has taken over the rights of another through contract, assignment, or by operation of law.

In Roman law, subrogation is a mechanism by which one person, typically a creditor or other claimant, is substituted for another to pursue a right or fulfill an obligation. The subrogated party acquires the rights of the original claimant to enforce the obligation, subject to the terms of the substitution. The concept influenced later civil law traditions, where subrogation remains a doctrinal category in areas such as insurance, suretyship, and contract law.

In modern scholarship, subrogatus is primarily encountered as a Latin term in discussions of Roman and medieval law and is not a common term in everyday contemporary legal prose. When used, it serves to discuss the formal substitution of persons or rights and the resulting effects on title and liability.

See also: subrogation, Roman law, civil law, legal Latin.