Definition of surety

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Surety (n.) Hence, a substitute; a hostage..

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Surety :: Surety (n.) Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act..
Surf :: Suretyship (n.) The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another..
Safe-pledge :: Safe-pledge (n.) A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.
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..
Fidejussion :: Fidejussion (n.) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.
Borrow :: Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
Borough :: Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.
Cautioner :: Cautioner (n.) A surety or sponsor.
Suretyship :: Surety (v. t.) To act as surety for.
Fidejussor :: Fidejussor (n.) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor..
Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety..
Mainpernor :: Mainpernor (n.) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day..
Sponsion :: Sponsion (n.) The act of becoming surety for another.
Surety :: Surety (n.) That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
Justify :: Justify (v. i.) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Engager :: Engager (n.) One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
Liable :: Liable (v. t.) Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable; as, the surety is liable for the debt of his principal..
Cautionry :: Cautionry (n.) Suretyship.
Sureness :: Surement (n.) A making sure; surety.
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