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Any surety

Any surety, on its plain grammatical meaning there can be no doubt that the term 'any surety' will include not only a surety who has given some security but also one who has given only a personal guarantee, Maharashtra State Financial Corp. v. Jaycee Drugs and Pharmaceuticals (P) Ltd, (1991) 2 SCC 637 (653). [State Financial Corporation Act, 1951, s. 31(1)(aa)]...


surety

surety pl: -ties [Anglo-French seurté, literally, guarantee, security, from Old French, from Latin securitat- securitas, from securus secure] 1 : a formal engagement (as a pledge) given for the fulfillment of an undertaking 2 : one (as an accommodation party) who promises to answer for the debt or default of another NOTE: At common law a surety is distinguished from a guarantor by being immediately liable as opposed to becoming liable only upon default of the principal. Under the Uniform Commercial Code, however, a surety includes a guarantor, and the two terms are generally interchangeable. ...


Affidavit to hold to bail

Affidavit to hold to bail. By the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 3, it was provided that upon an affidavit of the existence of a debt to the amount of 20l. or upwards, and that a defendant was about to quit England, the plaintiff might apply to a judge to hold such defendant to bail. The (English) Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act, 1869, s. 20, repealed the above section and substituted other provisions. See ABSCOND....


Co-surety

Co-surety, a fellow-surety....


Special Bail

Special Bail. See BAIL....


Bail in error

Bail in error, is a security given by a defendant who intends to bring a writ of error on a judgment and desires a stay of execution in the meantime, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 136....


Principal and surety

Principal and surety. See GUARANTY....


Bail Court

Bail Court, sometimes called the Practice Court, was an auxiliary of the Court of Queen's Bench. It heard and determined ordinary matters, and disposed of common motions, Consult Chit. Arch. Prac....


Bail bond

A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety to insure the prisoners appearance in court at the return of the writ...


surety company

surety company see company ...



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