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Webster 1913 Edition

Fidejussion

Fiˊde-jus′sion

,

Noun.

[L.

fidejussio

, from

fidejubere

to be surety or bail;

fides

faith +

jubere

to order: cf. F.

fidéjussion

.]

(Civil Law)

The act or state of being bound as surety for another; suretyship.