surety : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: surety	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for surety
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
surety n something clearly established property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; "bankers are reluctant to lend without good security" Synonym(s): security, surety a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms Synonym(s): hostage, surety one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another Synonym(s): guarantor, surety, warrantor, warranter a guarantee that an obligation will be met Synonym(s): security, surety
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surety \Sure"ty\, n.; pl. {Sureties}. [OE. seurte, OF. se[81]rt[82], F. s[96]ret[82]. See {Sure}, {Security}.] 1. The state of being sure; certainty; security. Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs. --Gen. xv. 13. For the more surety they looked round about. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security. [We] our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; On other surety none. --Milton. 3. Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act. There remains unpaid A hundred thousand more; in surety of the which One part of Aquitaine is bound to us. --Shak. 4. (Law) One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. --Prov. xi. 15. 5. Hence, a substitute; a hostage. --Cowper. 6. Evidence; confirmation; warrant. [Obs.] She called the saints to surety, That she would never put it from her finger, Unless she gave it to yourself. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Surety \Sure"ty\, v. t. To act as surety for. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Surety one who becomes responsible for another. Christ is the surety of the better covenant (Heb. 7:22). In him we have the assurance that all its provisions will be fully and faithfully carried out. Solomon warns against incautiously becoming security for another (Prov. 6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16).