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Security :: Security (n.) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation..

Unsurety :: Unsurety (n.) Want of surety; uncertainty; insecurity; doubt.

Sponsion :: Sponsion (n.) The act of becoming surety for another.

Surety :: Surety (n.) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail..

Fidejussor :: Fidejussor (n.) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor..

Surety :: Surety (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.

Borrow :: Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal..

Bail Bond :: Bail bond () A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ..

Sponsor :: Sponsor (n.) One who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; a surety..

Responsible :: Responsible (a.) Able to respond or answer for one's conduct and obligations; trustworthy, financially or otherwise; as, to have a responsible man for surety..

Guarantor :: Guarantor (n.) One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.

Godfather :: Godfather (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction..

Suretyship :: Surety (v. t.) To act as surety for.

Engager :: Engager (n.) One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.

Frankpledge :: Frankpledge (n.) A pledge or surety for the good behavior of freemen, -- each freeman who was a member of an ancient decennary, tithing, or friborg, in England, being a pledge for the good conduct of the others, for the preservation of the public peace; a free surety..

Security :: Security (n.) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge..

Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.

Cautioner :: Cautioner (n.) A surety or sponsor.

Cautionry :: Cautionry (n.) Suretyship.

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