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Surety   /ʃˈʊrəti/   Listen
noun
Surety  n.  (pl. sureties)  
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." "For the more surety they looked round about."
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."
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."
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."
5.
Hence, a substitute; a hostage.
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."



verb
Surety  v. t.  To act as surety for. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Surety" Quotes from Famous Books



... Judea, and with whatever else he wanted, and this at the command of Hyrcanus. And when he was sent to Aretas, as an ambassador by Scaurus, because he had lived with him formerly, he persuaded Aretas to give Scaurus a sum of money, to prevent the burning of his country, and undertook to be his surety for three hundred talents. So Scaurus, upon these terms, ceased to make war any longer; which was done as much at Scaurus's desire, as ...
— The Antiquities of the Jews • Flavius Josephus

... "Of a surety," she rejoined "though I cannot corroborate my uncle's description. The brigand's eyes were not green, for I marked them well, and they were black and merry as your own, nor was his voice harsh, but sweetly ...
— Romance of Roman Villas - (The Renaissance) • Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney

... allegiance towards us, have of late foully spread divers lewd and untrue rumours; and by that means and other devilish practises do travail to induce our good and loving subjects to an unnatural rebellion against God, us, and the tranquillity of our realm: We, tendering the surety of your person, which might chance to be in some peril if any sudden tumult should arise where you now be, or about Donnington, whither, as we understand, you are minded shortly to remove, do therefore think expedient you should put yourself ...
— Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth • Lucy Aikin

... that, I tell you, I have never slept quietly in my bed. My lord, who lodges over us, is of a surety more of a wizard than a Christian. On my word as an officer, I shiver when that old man passes near me; he never sleeps of nights; if I wake, his voice is ringing like a bourdon of bells, and I hear him muttering ...
— The Exiles • Honore de Balzac

... true that the same writer, Mr. A.M. O'Sullivan, adds that "their faith in the efficiency of his policy, or the surety of his promise, was gone;" but to reconcile this phrase with what precedes it, it must not be taken absolutely. The want of faith here spoken of was restricted to the members of a new party, which had been organized chiefly during the ...
— Irish Race in the Past and the Present • Aug. J. Thebaud


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