Fide Jussio
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An act by which any one binds himself as an additional security for another. This giving security does not destroy the liability of the principal, but adds to the security of the surety. Vicat.; Halifax, Anal. bk. 2, c. 16, note 10.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An act by which any one binds himself as an additional security for another. This giving security does not destroy the llabniiy of the principal, but adds to the security of the surety. Vicat, Voc. Jur.; Hallifax, Annals, b. 2, c. 16, n. 10.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I.
In the civil law. A contract in which a person binds himself, as a surety for another, without discharging the obligation of the principal.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the civil law. A contract in which a person bound himself, as a surety or accessory, for another, by the way of stipulation, without discharging the obligation of the principal. Hal^ax Anal. b. 2, c. 16, num. 10. Called fide-jussion. Id. ibid.