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guaranty
guaranty pl: -ties [Old French garantie, from garantir to guarantee, from garant warrant] 1 : a pledge to pay another's debt or to perform another's duty in case of the other's default or inadequate performance
Magna Carta
suffice to pay the debt, and the debtor himself be ready to satisfy there for. Neither shall the pledges of the debtor be distrained, as long as the principal debtor is sufficient for the payment of the
Court-leet
by charter to the lords of those hundreds or manors. Its original intent was to view the frank pledges, that is, the freemen within the liberty who, according to the institution of Alfred, were all mutually pledged
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Consolidation of mortgages
defined by the decided cases. For the general law, see Jennings v. Jordan, (1881) 6 App Cas 698; Pledge v. White, 1896 AC 187; Fisher on Mortgages. 'Consolidation' must not be confounded with 'tacking' which arose where
Frith-borg
Frith-borg, frank-pledge, Cowel.
Hire-purchase system
buy' within the Factors Act or Sale of Goods Act so as to be able to sell or pledge the goods as if he were a 'mercantile agent', Helby v. Matthews, 1895 AC 471; Brooks v. Biernstein,
Hand-borrow
Hand-borrow, a surety; a manual pledge.
Gemot
Gemot, a mote or moote, meeting, public assembly. The various kinds were-(1) The folc-gemot, or general assembly of the people, whether it was held in a city or town or consisted of the whole shire. It...
Gager de deliverance
cattle distrained; then he shall not only avow the distress, but gager deliverance, i.e., put in surety or pledge that he will deliver them, Fitz. NB 67
Gage
Gage [fr. gage,Fr.], a pledge, pawn, or caution; anything given in security. Gage is an older form of wage, and often approved as
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