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Fianza

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Spanish) A surety; obligation. See 57 N. J. L. Ill, 30 Atl. 593.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Sp. In Spanish law, trust, confidence, and correlatively a legal duty or obligation arising therefrom. The term is sufficiently broad In meaning to include both a general obligation and a restricted liability under a single instrument Martinez v. Run-kle, 57 N. J. Law, 111, 30 Atl. 593. But in a special sense, it designates a surety or guarantor or the contract or engagement of suretyship.