surety
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Under his bail conditions, a surety of £19,000 was provided by Amin Haydar.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Mr. Lendorf stood out for his unerring, dignified demeanor and the clarity of his pliant upper-body carriage against the marvelous surety of his cats-paw footwork and quietly powerful legwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
We’re well on the way to a future of absolute weather uncertainty—no surety to forecasts, a weakened ability to transmit emergency alerts—that we’ll nevertheless have to pay for out of our own pockets.
From Slate ● May 22, 2025
While Lim’s mature eloquence was never in question, the surety and exquisite beauty of his playing in impressive display, his was a perfectionist performance of getting everything to work just right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
Peach’s eyes were shining with the newfound surety of his survival.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
"They are to provide sureties, who will submit their particulars to the court. So, the 69 suspects have been granted bail and I am processing their paperwork," Ohimor said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 19, 2023
District Judge Joanna Seybert in Central Islip, New York, on Tuesday ordered the names of the sureties to be revealed at midday Thursday.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Requesting £1,000 cash sureties as part of the release terms, Mr Justice Rooney confirmed they are to be prohibited from entering any Tesco stores in the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023
Eight media outlets, including The Associated Press, say the names should be unsealed because of the gravity of Bankman-Fried’s alleged crimes and because there is legal precedent for disclosing the names of bail sureties.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
Such persons are called sureties, and they have a certain power of control over the accused as a means of insuring his appearance for the trial.
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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