Definition of security

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Security (n.) An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities..

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Corral :: Corral (n.) A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc..
Secureness :: Secureness (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..
Surety :: Surety (n.) The state of being sure; certainty; security.
Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind..
Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) Deliverance of a prisoner on security for his appearance at a day.
Hypothecator :: Hypothecator (n.) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.
Patrol :: Patrol (v. i.) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts..
Fence :: Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.
Anchor :: Anchor (n.) Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.
Garrison :: Garrison (n.) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security..
Security :: Security (n.) The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.
Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Given as a pledge or as security.
Incolumity :: Incolumity (n.) Safety; security.
Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..
Consols :: Consols (n. pl. ) The leading British funded government security.
Warrantise :: Warrantise (n.) Authority; security; warranty.
Gage :: Gage (n.) To bind by pledge, or security; to engage..
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..
Insecurity :: Insecurity (n.) The condition or quality of being insecure; want of safety; danger; hazard; as, the insecurity of a building liable to fire; insecurity of a debt..
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