fidejussion

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fidejussion - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fidejussion \Fi`de*jus"sion\, n. [L. fidejussio, from fidejubere
     to be surety or bail; fides faith + jubere to order: cf. F.
     fid['e]jussion.] (Civil Law)
     The act or state of being bound as surety for another;
     suretyship.
     [1913 Webster]