Sunday, February 26, 2012

What is the word for someone who pays/is paid to go in place of someone else in a draft?

gogoWhat is the word for someone who pays/is paid to go in place of someone else in a draft?
During the (U.S.) civil war, to avoid conscription, would-be soldiers paid a $300 commutation fee. It was also legal to hire a proxy, stand-in or "pinch-hitter"--to recruit a paid substitute or mercenary as one's substitutive recruit. In Latin there is a term, locum tenens, (though it usually refers to a doctor or cleric standing in for another.)
I believe the word is "proxy".What is the word for someone who pays/is paid to go in place of someone else in a draft?
In the U.S. War Between the States, someone drafted by the Union to serve in the armed forces could pay a 'substitute' to take their place. This practice no longer applies; you get called up - you go, unless you are physically or mentally unfit for service.
donut.What is the word for someone who pays/is paid to go in place of someone else in a draft?
proxy
A procurator

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