تَلَآءٌ
Root: تلو
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تَلَآءٌ
A bond, or an obligation, by which one becomes responsible for the safety of another: and an arrow upon which the giver writes his name, (M, K, [in the CK, المَتْلِىْ is erroneously put for المُتْلِى,]) and which he gives to a man, who, when he goes to a tribe, and shows it to them, passes unmolested: and, accord. to IAmb, responsibility, or suretiship.
2 Also The transfer of a debt, or of a claim, by shifting the responsibility from one person to another.
2 Also The transfer of a debt, or of a claim, by shifting the responsibility from one person to another.
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