SUBSURETYSHIP

subsuretyship (s[schwa]b-shuur[-[schwa]]-tee-ship). The relation between two (or more) sureties, in which a principal surety bears the burden of the whole performance that is due from both sureties; a relationship in which one surety acts as a surety for another. [Cases: Principal and Surety 191. C.J.S. Principal and Surety §§ 259–262, 265, 290.]