Terms Used In Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code 43.001

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC

In this chapter, “surety” includes:
(1) an endorser, a guarantor, and a drawer of a draft that has been accepted; and
(2) every other form of suretyship, whether created by express contract or by operation of law.