Surrogate (from Lat. surrogare, to substitute for), a deputy of a bishop or an ecclesiastical judge, acting in the absence of his principal and strictly bound by the authority of the latter. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...

Canon 128 of the canons of 1603 lays down the qualifications necessary for the office of surrogate and canon 123 the regulations for the appointment to the office. At present the chief duty of a surrogate in England is the granting of marriage licences, but judgments of the arches court of Canterbury have been delivered by a surrogate in the absence of the official principal. King James I of England/VII of Scotland, the first monarch to rule the Kingdoms of England and Scotland at the same time Events March - Samuel de Champlain, French explorer, sails to Canada March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James I of... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England and nominal head of the Anglican Communion. ...

The office is unknown in Scotland, but is of some importance in the United States as denoting the judge to whom the jurisdiction of the probate of wills, the grant of administration and of guardianship is confided. In some states he is termed surrogate, in others judge of probate, register, judge of the orphans' court, etc. His jurisdiction is local, being limited to his county. (See, for example, New York Surrogate's Court) Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The New York State Surrogates Court is the court which handles all probate and estate proceedings in the State of New York. ...

See also

• Surrogacy
• Surrogate endpoint
• Surrogate key
• Surrogate marriage
• Author surrogate
• Audience surrogate

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Surrogacy refers to an arrangement whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant for the purpose of gestating and giving birth to a child for others to raise. ... In clinical trials, a surrogate endpoint is a measure of effect of a certain treatment that may correllate with a real endpoint but has no guaranteed relationship. ... Dr. E. F. Codd, the creator of the Relational Model defined a surrogate key as ..Database users may cause the system to generate or delete a surrogate, but they have no control over its value, nor is its value ever displayed to them . ... Surrogate Marriages In African culture, when a woman is unable to bear any children for her husband, the family of the woman can substitute a female relative (of the woman who cant bear children) to bear children for the husband on behalf of the wife. ... As a literary technique, an author surrogate is a character who expresses the ideas, questions, personality and morality of the author. ... In the study of literature, an audience surrogate is a character who expresses the questions and confusion of the reader. ... Encyclopædia Britannica, the 11th edition The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911) is perhaps the most famous edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...