fidejussor

English

Etymology

Latin fīdēiussor: compare French fidéjusseur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfaɪdɪˈd͡ʒʌsə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ʌsə(ɹ)

Noun

fidejussor (plural fidejussors)

1. (law) A surety; one bound for another, conjointly with him; a guarantor.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     they also take recognizances or stipulations of certain fidejussors in the nature of bail

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “fidejussor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Noun

fidējussor m (genitive fidējussōris); third declension

1. Alternative form of fidēiussor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fidējussor	fidējussōrēs
Genitive	fidējussōris	fidējussōrum
Dative	fidējussōrī	fidējussōribus
Accusative	fidējussōrem	fidējussōrēs
Ablative	fidējussōre	fidējussōribus
Vocative	fidējussor	fidējussōrēs

References

• “fidejussor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fidejussor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “fidejussor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin