"Security is an interest in chattels, in land, or in the obligation of a third party. . . . The purpose of security is generally to secure the repayment of money, but it may also secure the performance of any duty." Scope Note to Restatement of the Law of Security at 1 (Am. Law Inst. 1941).
Suretyship is "the legal relation that arises when one party assumes liability for a debt, default, or other failing of a second party." Suretyship, Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019).
Guaranty is "a promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another who is liable in the first instance." Guaranty, Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019).
Jenkins has access to the Restatement of the Law of Security and the Restatement of the Law, Third: Suretyship & Guaranty in print, on the library's Westlaw computers, and on the member database HeinOnline. Use this guide to find out more about this Restatement and how to access it.
The Restatement of the Law, Third: Suretyship and Guaranty was published in 1996. Select case citation sources to the third series of Suretyship and Guaranty may include case citations from the first series of the Restatement of Security.
The Restatement of the Law of Security was published in 1941. Select case citation sources may include case citations to the first series of the Restatement of Security with the third series of Suretyship and Guaranty.
See the Finding Annotations page of this guide for more information about finding case citations.
For more information about the different Restatement series, see the About the Restatements Series & Drafting page of this guide.
The Restatement of the Law, Third: Suretyship and Guaranty "should be regarded as completely superseding Division II of the Restatement of Security. Division I of that Restatement has long been largely superseded by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code." Forward to Restatement (Third) of Suretyship and Guaranty at IX (1996).
For more information on superseded status, contact the American Law Institute.
To help researchers navigate between the different Restatement series, ALI includes "parallel tables", found before the index of most Restatement subjects. These tables show corresponding section numbers between two series of Restatements. Some parallel tables may connect section numbers of the final Restatement with one or more earlier drafts. When using these parallel tables to find where an older series (or draft) section is located in a newer series, be sure to check all volumes of the current series - the parallel tables only point to the sections found in that particular volume. For more information about Parallel Tables, check out our blog post Using the Parallel Tables in the Restatements of the Law.
The Parallel Tables found in the back of Restatement (Third) Suretyship and Guaranty show corresponding section numbers for Restatement (Third) Suretyship and Guaranty, Restatement (Second) Contracts, Restatement of Security (1941), and Restatement (Third) Suretyship and Guaranty Tentative Drafts 1-4.
The Parallel Tables found in the back of Restatement of Security (1941) show corresponding section numbers for Restatement of Security (1941), Tentative Drafts 1-4, and Proposed Final Draft.