fidejussion

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English

Etymology

From Latin fidejussio, from fidejubere (to be surety or bail), from fides (faith) + jubere (to order). Compare French fidéjussion.

Noun

fidejussion (uncountable)

  1. (law) The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fidejussion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)