Surety
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surety · guarantor · sureties
in the texts
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
Persons who guarantee another's appearance, honesty, payment, or delivery in a debt or legal matter.
7 The Surety
They should not be employed in their own testimony;
The latter two, in case of default, and in their absence, their sons likewise.
Kātyāyana Smṛti
A guarantor appointed for appearance, payment, trust, or oath, whose liabilities and rights of recovery are extensively detailed.
## The Rule of Sureties
If he produces him within that time, the surety shall be released.
If, after the time has passed, the surety does not produce him, he shall be made to pay that amount;