subrogación

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subrogation

noun

Comparative law notes

Spain

succession to a creditor’s right to payment or performance

Definitions of subrogation

English

the legal right that a person or business has when they pay someone's debt to get that money from the debtor (=the person who owes the debt)

The guarantor (=person guaranteeing something) exercised its right of subrogation against the borrower (=person borrowing money).