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countersecurity

noun

Etymology

From counter- + security.

  1. derived from sēcūrus — “safe, secure”
  2. derived from sēcūritās
  3. derived from securité
  4. inherited from securite
  5. prefixed as countersecurity — “counter + security”

Definitions

  1. A commitment to guarantee the security (property or bonding in securing a loan) of…

    A commitment to guarantee the security (property or bonding in securing a loan) of someone who has become security for another.

    • This is an appeal from an order of the Orphans' Court of Frederick County requiring the appellant, the surviving executor of John Sifford, deceased, to give countersecurity.
    • Sir John's executors, under colour of some countersecurities given to Sir John and some assignments of judgments, unjustly compelled Sir Arthur to pay 1,600l. and upwards for debts from which Sir John had discharged him.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA