suretyship

[ shoor-i-tee-ship, shoor-tee-, shur-i-tee-, shur-tee- ]

/ ˈʃʊər ɪ tiˌʃɪp, ˈʃʊər ti-, ˈʃɜr ɪ ti-, ˈʃɜr ti- /

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noun Law.

the relationship between the surety, the principal debtor, and the creditor.

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Origin of suretyship

First recorded in 1525–35; surety + -ship

Words nearby suretyship

surely, sure of oneself, Sûreté, sure thing, surety, suretyship, surf, surface, surface acoustic wave, surface-active, surface-active agent

How to use suretyship in a sentence

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
And when I was wived, having something to stick to, I had the horn of suretyship ever before my eyes.
The Works of John Marston|John Marston
As for the men his friends, his enemies, the Divine suretyship for Job will recoil upon them and their cruel taunts.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job|Robert Watson
He also introduced, during the sessions of 1842 and 1843, bills to abolish suretyship in Georgia.
Robert Toombs|Pleasant A. Stovall

He that is surety for a stranger, shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.
The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott Flickinger