fidejussorn.
/fʌɪdɪˈdʒʌsə//fʌɪdɪˈdʒʌsɔː/ Civil Law.
One who authorizes the bail of or goes bail for another; a surety.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > bailing or bail > [noun] > one who gives bail or surety
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society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > being legal surety for another > one who is
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1539 Sc. Acts Jas. V (1814) II. 354 Certane vtheris his collegis caucioneris & fide Jussoris.
1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xviii. 239 If he would have appointed Godfathers..to be fidejussors for them [Children].
1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 108 They..take recognizances..of certain fidejussors in the nature of bail.
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes iii. 219 For him who promises other persons frequently become bound, of whom some are called sponsors, others fidepromissors, other fidejussors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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