Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scots law, the act of giving security for another; the promise or contract of one, not for himself, but for another. Also written
cautionary .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scots Law) Suretyship.
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- noun Scotland, law
suretyship
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God, and to plight his faith and soul in pawn, and did willingly sign with his hand an act of cautionry as our Surety, (Psalm 40: 6-8; Heb.
The Tryal & Triumph of Faith: or An Exposition of the History of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan. 1600-1661 1645
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