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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• surety:
      1. 1. vas, vădis, m. (gen. term: praes [v. infr.], denoting only a s. in a civil action): he became s. for his appearance, v. factus est ejus sistendi, Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45: to give s., vades dare: v. bail.
      2. 2. praes, dis, m.: to take s. for public moneys, praedes publicae pecuniae accipere, Cic. Fam. 2, 17: to give s.s, p. dare, id.: v. security (V.).
      3. 3. sponsor (one who pledges himself on behalf of another: the vas and praes being usu. mere passive instruments in a legal transaction): Pompey is s. to Caesar for my good-will, Pompeius s. est illi de mea voluntate, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43: s. for the fulfilment of any one's promises, s. promissorum alicujus, id. Att. 15, 15. Esp. in eccl. sense, a s. in baptism: Tert.
      4. 4. obses, ĭdis, c.: v. hostage.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• SURETY
sponsor: fidejussor: vas, vadis, masculine: praes (one who gives security) [SYN. in BAIL]: obses (a hostage): vadimonium (security given). To be surety for anybody or anything, sponsorem, praedem esse pro aliquo; intercedere pro aliquo (also, intercedere pecuniam pro aliquo: to be his surety by consenting to forfeit a sum of money if he does not perform the thing in question): praestare aliquem, aliquid, or de re (to be surety, to answer for, in a wider sense): spondere, fidem interponere pro aliquo: vadem fieri ejus sistendi (to answer for anybody’s appearance): praedem fieri pro aliquo and alicujus rei; obsidem alicujus rei fieri: also, vadem se dare alicui pro aliquo. Vid: more in BAIL.