Editing Subrogation (section)

{{Short description|Legal doctrine whereby a person is entitled to enforce the rights of another}}
{{Equitable doctrines}}
'''Subrogation''' is the assumption by a third party (such as a second creditor or an insurance company) of another party's legal right to collect debts or damages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subrogation|title=Definition of SUBROGATION|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2018-09-24}}</ref> It is a [[legal doctrine]] whereby one person is entitled to enforce the subsisting or revived rights of another for their own benefit.<ref>{{cite book|title=Subrogation|author1=Charles Mitchell|author-link=Charles Mitchell (academic)|author2=Stephen Watterson|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |edition=1st|year=2007 |isbn=9780199296644|at=paragraph 1.01|quote=In [[English law]] the term 'subrogation' denotes a process by which one party is deemed to have been substituted for another, so that he can acquire and enforce the other's rights against a third party for his own benefit.}}</ref> A right of subrogation typically arises by operation of law, but can also arise by statute or by agreement. Subrogation is an [[Equity (law)|equitable]] remedy, having first developed in the English [[Court of Chancery]]. It is a familiar feature of [[common law]] systems. Analogous doctrines exist in [[civil law (legal system)|civil law]] jurisdictions.

Subrogation is a relatively specialised legal field; entire legal textbooks are devoted to the subject.<ref>{{cite book|title=Subrogation|author1=Charles Mitchell|author-link=Charles Mitchell (academic)|author2=Stephen Watterson|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |edition=1st |year=2007 |isbn=9780199296644}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Law of Subrogation |author=Henry Newton Sheldon |publisher=Andesite Press |edition=1st |year=2017 |isbn=978-1375572576}}</ref>