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What does surety mean?

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Noun
  1. Certainty.
  2. That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
  3. (law) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
  4. A substitute; a hostage.
  5. Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
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Democracy itself requires that all public power be lawfully conferred and exercised, and of this the courts are the surety.
Normally, it can go to a surety company which is sort of like a high-class bail bondsman.
In fact, I am instructed that Michael John Hunter Davies did not become a surety.
If that is the case, the defendant will simply have to remain in custody, if no suitable surety within the jurisdiction can be found.
In Ohio a guarantor is a surety and has the statutory and common law rights and obligations discussed above under Accommodation Party.
Such aspirants had to jump through many legal hoops, involving large amounts of surety money, before acquiring licenses to work in India.

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