suretor

noun

1. Synonym of surety (“one who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein”).

   “Judgments obtained in the Provincial Courts, like judgments of the other Courts of the Province, were subject to a stay of execution for six months, provided the debtor furnished two sufficient suretors, who confessed judgment for the debt and costs.”

   “If the court will not allow a bond signed by the defendant, suggest relatives as suretors.”

   “The plaintiff suing on his own behalf is ordered to provide a suretor who should remain until the end of the trial, as in C 23 q.5 c. 19.”