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Surety vs Presumption - What's the difference?

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Surety is a related term of presumption.


As nouns the difference between surety and presumption

is that surety is certainty while presumption is the act of presuming, or something presumed.

surety

English

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.

    See also

    * surcharge * surcharged * indorsement

    presumption

    English

    (wikipedia presumption)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of presuming, or something presumed
  • * De Quincey
    • in contradiction to these very plausible presumptions
  • the belief of something based upon reasonable evidence, or upon something known to be true
    • The presumption is that an event has taken place.
  • the condition upon which something is presumed
  • (dated) arrogant behaviour; the act of venturing beyond due bounds of reverence or respect
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy son I killed for his presumption .
  • * Dryden
    • I had the presumption to dedicate to you a very unfinished piece.

    Synonyms

    * (l)