代位继承 [法] representation
succession by subrogation
- 第十一条 被继承人的子女先于被继承人死亡的,由被继承人的子女的晚辈直系血亲代位继承。
Article 11 Where a decedent survived his child, the direct lineal descendants of the predeceased child inherit in subrogation. - 我国合同法尽管是初次规定代位权制度,但在继承传统理论的基础上,对代位权制度进行了大胆创新和发展。
Although the subrogation institution is firstly regulated in the Chinese contract law, it has been innovated and developed greatly on the basis of inheriting the traditional theory. - 代位继承制度实质上是法定继承制度的一种特殊形式,设立这项制度的目的在于保障被代位继承人的直系卑亲属的物质生活和经济利益。
The system of succession by subrogation is virtually a kind of special form of statutory succession, which aims to ensure the material life and the economic interests of the subrogated successors.