act in place of
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It also opposes the Texas law, in part because both “would set a dangerous legal precedent,” since both are designed to skirt judicial review by empowering citizens to act in place of government officials.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2022
I myself will act in place of the bride's father.
From The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)
This rule ought to be rigidly observed: Never cut straight across the activity of a child, but always substitute some other act in place of the one not desired.
From Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training by Hall, Mosiah
Any Candidate who has passed the Second Class Jumping Test may act in place of one of the Second Class Judges.
From Ski-running by Furse, Katharine Symonds
Sometimes he had been deputized to act in place of the regular scout master of the troop, when Lieutenant Denmead and Assistant Rawson chanced to be called away and could not serve.
From The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron by Shaler, Robert
