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surrogate Nfld, Hist. 
n. a magistrate appointed from among the captains at the fisheries.
See also: floating surrogate
- 1793 The governor conferred on them the title of surrogates, an idea taken from the admiralty-law; to which, and which alone the naval governors were in the habit of looking, and under which it had long been a notion, that the fishery, as an admiralty concern, ought to be regulated.
- 1818 The Admiral always selects the best-informed Captain for the fulfillment of this arduous service; and the Surrogate has power to levy fines under the amount of fifty or sixty pounds.
- 1793 The governor conferred on them the title of surrogates, an idea taken from the admiralty-law; to which, and which alone the naval governors were in the habit of looking, and under which it had long been a notion, that the fishery, as an admiralty concern, ought to be regulated.