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accommodation surety

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A quick definition of accommodation surety:

An accommodation surety is a person who agrees to pay someone else's debt or fulfill their obligation if they cannot. This is different from a guarantor, who is only responsible if the debtor fails to meet their duties. A surety is directly liable and often receives no compensation for assuming this responsibility. It's important to note that a surety and a guarantor are not the same thing, even though the terms are sometimes used interchangeably.

A more thorough explanation:

An accommodation surety is a person who agrees to be primarily responsible for the payment of someone else's debt or the performance of someone else's obligation. This means that if the debtor fails to meet their duties, the surety will be directly liable for the debt or obligation.

For example, if a friend asks you to co-sign a loan for them, you become an accommodation surety. If your friend fails to make payments on the loan, the lender can come after you for the money.

It's important to note that an accommodation surety is different from a guarantor. A guarantor is only liable to the creditor if the debtor fails to meet their duties. A surety, on the other hand, is directly liable.

Overall, an accommodation surety is someone who takes on a significant financial risk to help someone else. It's important to carefully consider the potential consequences before agreeing to be a surety for someone else.

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It's more just not a good # for people who aren't willing to clerk conservative. I'm sure they place liberal clerks at an above average rate for a t-6 though. Maybe higher (not entirely sure)
texaslawhopefully
20:34
Page 14 has ideological splits by school: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/msen/files/law-prof-ideology.pdf
texaslawhopefully
20:35
Chicago/UVA are more to the right but not by an exceedingly large difference
lilypadfrog
20:36
I feel like UVA doesn’t have that reputation the way Chicago does. That’s interesting. Thanks tex
yeah I've heard about uva being conservative
siroracle
20:48
Yeah it’s only 75 percent lib that’s pretty terrifying
Dkk
20:53
lmfao
20:59
@siroracle: funny cause true
@siroracle: don't you have a bridge to be under?
shouldn't you be collecting tolls
21:00
trolololol
atwatodbit
21:04
anyone know much about mich clerking
atwatodbit
21:05
ive tried to learn more about it but its hard to cut through stuff. numbers wise they look good?
21:06
this website is a good research tool for outcomes: https://app.lawhub.org/schools
atwatodbit
21:06
@llama: thanks!
21:06
yah
Dkk
21:10
Anyone else read the Antioch shooters manifesto today. Pretty crazy stuff.
21:14
sad
YRDSL
21:31
@texaslawhopefully: it's pretty funny how even in law journal articles people can't stop confusing Penn with Penn State
texaslawhopefully
21:40
lmfao I didn't even notice that
21:42
Yeah to penn Carey students I’m sure that is a
21:42
Those are fighting words
21:46
@Dkk: one of the most deranged documents i've ever had the displeasure of reading
lilypadfrog
22:03
sometimes I go into fight or flight mode until I get all my work done
i call that locking in
Dkk
22:29
@info-man: Indeed!
22:43
No movement today
23:12
Windy wya
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