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Fide-jussor

the same contract with a principal, for the greater security of the creditor or stipulator, Civ. Law. A guarantor; a person; who becomes bound to pay author's debt, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 639.

Client account

Act, 1979, s. 14(2) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 17, p. 15. Includes (i) a guarantor or a person who proposes to give guarantee or security for borrower of a credit institution; or (ii)

Abandonment guarantee

Abandonment guarantee, is a contract under which a person, the guarantor undertakes to make good any default by a participator in an oil field in meeting the whole or

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guaranty

in case of the other's default or inadequate performance compare letter of credit 2 : guarantee 3 : guarantor 4 : something given as security : pledge 5 : the protection of a right afforded by legal

vouch

vouch [Anglo-French voucher to call, summon, summon to court as guarantor of a title, ultimately from Latin vocare to call, summon] vt 1 : to summon into court 2

stricti juris

stricti juris [Latin] : according to or determined by strict interpretation of the law [the rights of a guarantor are stricti juris "Sitzer v. Lang, 243 S.E.2d 95 (1978)"] n : a rule of legal interpretation requiring

principal

the burden because of a duty to indemnify another as distinguished from one (as an endorser, surety, or guarantor) who is secondarily liable 2 : a capital sum earning interest, due as a debt, or used as

liability

products liability claim. secondary liability 1 : vicarious liability in this entry 2 : liability (as of a guarantor) that arises from a legal obligation owed to an injured party to pay damages for another's failure to

guarantee

guarantee [probably alteration of guaranty] 1 : guarantor 2 : guaranty 3 : an assurance that a condition will be fulfilled: as a : an agreement

D'Oench doctrine

Supreme Court case establishing the doctrine] : a doctrine in banking law: a party (as a borrower or guarantor) cannot assert an unrecorded agreement with a failed bank against attempts by the federal insurer (as the Federal

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