promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another
- promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another
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An undertaking by a person not before liable, for the purpose of securing or performing the same duty for which the original debtor continues to be liable. Dillaby v Wilcox, 60 Conn 71, 22 A 491.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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