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cautionnement — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • surety noun A guarantee or promise, especially one to cover someone else's debt or obligation if they fail to pay it.

Senses

cautionnement is used for these senses in English:

  • surety (legal) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
  • suretyship (legal) An accessory agreement through which one binds oneself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for one's debt, default or miscarriage; the assumption of liability for the obligations of another.

surety — full definition

  1. noun A guarantee or promise, especially one to cover someone else's debt or obligation if they fail to pay it.
  2. noun A person who takes on legal responsibility for another person's debt or duty.

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