suretyship

English

Etymology

From surety +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊəɹɪtiːʃɪp/, /ˈʃɔːɹətiːʃɪp/

Noun

suretyship (plural suretyships)

1. (law) An accessory agreement through which a person binds themselves for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for their debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.
   • Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.290:

     as a man desperately swimming drowns him that comes to help him, by suretyship and borrowing they will willingly undo all their associates and allies […].

See also

• guaranty

Translations

agreement

• Arabic: ضَمَان (ar) m (ḍamān)
• Dutch: borgtocht (nl) f
• French: cautionnement (fr) m
• German: Bürgschaft (de) f
• Italian: fideiussione (it) f
• Latin: fideiussiō f
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• Portuguese: fiança (pt) f, caução (pt) f
• Russian: поручи́тельство (ru) n (poručítelʹstvo)
• Spanish: fianza (es) f, caución (es) f
• Thai: ค้ำประกัน (th) (kám-bprà-gan), การค้ำประกัน (th)