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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. A pro ing on the part of a surety by which the property of the principal debtor is made liable before resort can be had to the su; this is called the hem jit of discussion. This is the law In Louisiana.
See Domat, 3, 4, 1-4; Burge, Suretyship 329, 343, 348; 5 Toullier 544; 7 id. 93.