Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would
have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. --Derham.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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