guarantee Copy link Outline I. An engagement for security1. fĭdes, ĕi, f.2. sătisdătio (legal)II. The person guaranteeing • guarantee: I. An engagement for security: 1. fĭdes, ĕi, f.: to give any one a g., esp. for personal safety, f. alicui dare, Cic. C. Rab. 10, 28: simly, to receive a g., f. accipere, Liv.: see also foll. art.: v. security, promise. 2. sătisdătio (legal): contracts which require a g. (as opp. to those in which a verbal engagement suffices), stipulationes quae s. exigunt, Gai. Dig. 2, 8, 1: instead of the abl. of satisdatio the participial form satisdato is generally used: by a g., or by pledges taken, satisdato, aut pignoribus datis, Ulp. Dig. 40, 5, 4, § 8: v. security. II. The person guaranteeing: vas, vădis; praes: v. surety.
guarantee (v.) Copy link Outline 1. fĭdem alicui do, interpono2. intercēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (esp. in money matters)3. sătisdo (or satis do), 1, irr. (legal term) • guarantee (v.): 1. fĭdem alicui do, interpono: he g.d him that (viz. that he should suffer no harm), in eam rem se f. suam interponere, Caes. B. G. 5, 36: v. guarantee (subs.). 2. intercēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (esp. in money matters): to g. a person for a large sum of money (i. e. to become security for him), pro aliquo magnam pecuniam int., Cic. Att. 1, 6, 4. 3. sătisdo (or satis do), 1, irr. (legal term): to g. the payment of the legacies before entering on an inheritance, ante aditam hereditatem s. de legatis, Ulp. 36, 3, 4 § 4: Cic.: comp. preced. art. (I. 2).
GUARANTEE Copy link • GUARANTEESecurity for the due performance of stipulations, etc., satisdatio (the pledging one’s self, especially by giving a sum of money as security): fidei jussio (Jurisconsulti, the giving security for anybody; he was asked, id fide tua esse jubes? Ulp., Dig., 45, 1, 75, §6): verbal guarantees, satisdationes secundum mancipium (Cic., Att., 5, 1; i. e., only promises). Person who gives the guarantee, cautor (general term): sponsor: vas [SYN. in SURETY]: fidejussor: confirmator (only in pecuniary cases; ☞ Cic., Cluent., 26, 77): to be anybody’s guarantee for a large amount, intercedere pro aliquo magnam pecuniam (Cic.).