a. [ad. L. fidejussōri-us, f. fidejussor: see prec.] Of or pertaining to surety or bail.
1754. Erskine, Princ. Sc. Law (1809). 325. As relief against the debtor is implied in fidejussory obligations, the cautioner, where such relief is cut off, is no longer bound.
1774. Bp. Hallifax, An Analysis of the Roman Civil Law (1795), 18. When there were several Tutors or Curators, any one that offered the Fidejussory Caution had the acting part, in preference to the rest.
