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Definition of Surrogates
1. surrogate [v] - See also: surrogate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrogates
Literary usage of Surrogates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Constitutional History of New York: From the Beginning of the Colonial by Charles Zebina Lincoln (1906)
"The existing surrogates* courts are continued, and the surrogates now in office
... surrogates and surrogates' courts shall have the jurisdiction and powers ..."
2. New York State Constitution Annotated by New York (State), New York State Library (1915)
"The existing surrogates' Courts are continued, and 2 the surrogates now in office
... surrogates 7 and surrogates' Courts shall have the jurisdiction and ..."
3. The Practice at Law, in Equity, and in Special Proceedings in All the Courts by William Wait (1872)
"All laws relating to the powers and duties of surrogates shall be applicable to
any officer ... surrogates' courts are courts of record, and possess seals, ..."
4. The Constitutional History of New York: From the Beginning of the Colonial by Charles Zebina Lincoln (1906)
"The existing surrogates' courts are continued, and the surrogates now in office
... surrogates and surrogates' courts shall have the jurisdiction and powers ..."
5. The Law of Collateral and Direct Inheritance, Legacy and Succession Taxes by Benjamin Franklin Dos Passos (1895)
"surrogates, District Attorneys, County Treasurers, Registers, and Appraisers.
Under collateral inheritance, legacy, and succession tax laws various powers, ..."
6. Strategies for Building Digitized Collections by Abby Smith (2001)
"surrogates The use of scans made of rare, fragile, and unique materials—from
prints and photographs to recorded sound and moving image—is universally ..."
7. The Political Code of the State of New York by David Dudley Field, William Curtis Noyes, Alexander Warfield Bradford, New York (State). (1860)
"surrogates, in counties other than New York, are elected at the same time, ...
The special county judges and special surrogates are elected by the electors ..."
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