LEGAL WORD
Guarantee
Legal term · Contract law
Guarantee
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Contract law
1 What it means
A contract to perform a promise or discharge a liability of a third person if that person defaults.
2 Use it in a sentence
The father stood guarantee for his son's education loan.
3 Make it stick
Write your own sentence using Guarantee about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.
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