Cautio
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or CAUTION. In Civil Law. Security given for the performance of anything. A bond whereby the debtor acknowledges the receipt of money, and promises to pay it at a future day. -^In French Lavi. The person entering into an obligation as a surety. In Scotch Law. A pledge, bond, or other security for the performance of an obligation, or completion of the satisfaction to be obtained by a judicial process. Bell, Diet.