01 n. A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
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A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.
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2.
The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.[Eng.]
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In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.
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a surrogate mother. See: surrogate mother