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

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

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

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..

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

Borough :: Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.

Surety :: Surety (n.) Evidence; confirmation; warrant.

Bondsman :: Bondsman (n.) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another..

Principal :: Principal (n.) A chief obligor, promisor, or debtor, -- as distinguished from a surety..

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

Undertake :: Undertake (v. i.) To give a promise or guarantee; to be 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..

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..

Nonsurety :: Nonsurety (n.) Insecurity.

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

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) A person who undertook, or became responsible, for another; a bail; a surety; a hostage..

Safe-pledge :: Safe-pledge (n.) A surety for the appearance of a person at a given time.

Cosurety :: Cosurety (n.) One who is surety with another.

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

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

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