ORDINIS BENEFICIUM

By SovConn | May 13, 2013

ordinis beneficium (or-d<<schwa>>-nis ben-<<schwa>>-fish-ee-<<schwa>>m). [Latin “the benefit of order”] Civil law. The privilege of a surety by which the creditor must exhaust the principal debtor’s property before having recourse against the surety. See DISCUSSION.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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