surety
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Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 22 June 2024
His bond was set at $25,000 cash or surety (no 10% allowed) by Magistrate William Urich.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024
If the veneer starts cracking — if his flimsy attempt at a civil bond surety fails and his buildings start to be seized, if his goading of Merchan results in real, significant consequences — then the magic will quickly dissipate.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024
She was released from Monroe County Jail earlier this week after posting a $1.5 million bond via a surety company.
—Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2024
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surety
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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.
Anglo-French seurté, literally, guarantee, security, from Old French, from Latin securitat-, securitas, from securus secure
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