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To inaugurate, originate, or establish. In Civil Law, to direct an individual who was named as heir in a will to pass over the estate to another designated person, known as the substitute. For example, to institute an action is to commence it by the filing of a complaint. INSTITUTE, Scotch law. The person first called in the tailzie; the rest, or
the heirs of tailzie, are called substitutes. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot. 3, 8, 8.
See Tailzie, Heir of; Substitutes.
TO INSTITUTE. To name or to make an heir by testament. Dig. 28, 5, 65. To make an accusation; to commence an action. |
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