District Of Columbia § 28-2501 - Definitions.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 28-2501 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28-2501. Definitions.
28-2501A bond, when required by or referred to in this Code, means an obligation in a certain sum or penalty, subject to a condition, on breach of which it is to become absolute and enforceable by action.
An undertaking means an agreement entered into by a party to a suit or proceeding, with or without sureties, upon which a judgment or decree may be rendered in the same suit or proceeding against the party and his sureties, if any, the party and sureties submitting themselves to the jurisdiction of the court for that purpose.
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