Noun

(wikipedia surety)

certainty

* Bible, Genesis xv. 13

Know of a surety , that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.

* Sir Philip Sidney

For the more surety they looked round about.

That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.

* Milton

[We] our happy state / Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; / On other surety none.

(legal) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.

* Shakespeare

There remains unpaid / A hundred thousand more; in surety of the which / One part of Aquitaine is bound to us.

(legal) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.

* Bible, Proverbs xi. 15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.

A substitute; a hostage.

(Cowper)

Evidence; confirmation; warrant.

* Shakespeare

She called the saints to surety , / That she would never put it from her finger, / Unless she gave it to yourself.

Noun

value of some business.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)

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(legal) A legal that deals with remedies other than (l) relief, such as injunctions, divorces and similar actions.

* Macaulay

Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application.

(legal) of property minus liens or other (l).

(legal) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption.

an equity''' to a settlement, or wife's '''equity , etc.

* Kent

I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken.

(accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from (l).

Justice, impartiality or fairness.

* Tillotson

Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity .