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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Responsality, n. [Responsall adj.] ? (Financial) sufficiency; solvency. —1649 M. P. Brown Suppl. Decis. I 428.
To deliver those bonds … and make them as effectual, as concerning the responsality of parties, as if they were presently redelivered 1671 Ib. II 590.
But in no sense or law does it import the responsality of the debtor
