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18 words match “RANTY”

RANTY a.
Wild; noisy; boisterous.
GUARANTY n. 2 definitions
ty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a guarantee; a warranty; a security.
WARRANTY n. 6 definitions
f eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant. Kent.
CAUTION n. 2 definitions
Security; guaranty; bail. [R.] The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.
GUARANTEE n. 2 definitions
r performance; an engagement which secures or insures another against a contingency; a warranty; a security. Same as Guaranty. His interest seemed to be a guarantee for his zeal. Macaulay.
GUARANTOR n.
One who makes or gives a guaranty; a warrantor; a surety.
INSURANCE n.
A guaranty, security, or pledge; assurance. [Obs.] The most acceptable insurance of the divine protection. Mickle. Accident insurance, insurance against pecuniary loss by reason of accident to the person. -- Endowment insurance or assurance, a combination of life insurance and investment such that if the person upon w…
QUITCLAIM v.
release or relinquish a claim to; to release a claim to by deed, without covenants of warranty against adverse and paramount titles.
TORRENS SYSTEM n.
15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has been generally adopted in Australia and British Columbia, and in its original or a modified form in some other countries, including some States of the United St…
UNWARRANTED a.
Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.
VOUCH v.
To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title. He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee. Blackstone.
VOUCHEE n.
The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. Blackstone.
VOUCHER n. 2 definitions
The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands.
WARRANDICE n.
every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty. [Written also warrandise.] Craig.
WARRANT n. 3 definitions
That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security. I give thee warrant of thy place. Shak. His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. Shak.
WARRANTEE n.
The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.
WARRANTER n.
re another in a right, or to make good any defect of title or quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a horse.
WARRANTISE n.
Authority; security; warranty. [Obs.] Shak.