suretyship

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

noun

, Law.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of suretyship¹

First recorded in 1525–35; surety + -ship

Example Sentences

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.

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And when I was wived, having something to stick to, I had the horn of suretyship ever before my eyes.

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As for the men his friends, his enemies, the Divine suretyship for Job will recoil upon them and their cruel taunts.

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He also introduced, during the sessions of 1842 and 1843, bills to abolish suretyship in Georgia.

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He that is surety for a stranger, shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretyship is sure.

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