suretyship

[shoo r-i-tee-ship, shoo r-tee-, shur-i-tee-, shur-tee-]

noun Law.

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

Origin of suretyship

First recorded in 1525–35; surety + -ship

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Historical Examples of suretyship

But even then there was for her no suretyship of motherhood, or training, or control.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence
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It may, perhaps, sound paradoxical to mention the contract of suretyship.
The Common Law
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
This clause of the statute is discussed more at length in the chapter on suretyship.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3
Various
Attempts to perform such acts of suretyship are beyond their power, and are ultra vires.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3
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The general term applied to contracts to answer for the debts of another is suretyship.
Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 3
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