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<span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span>, or the committee, heir or personal representative of such <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span>, shall not offer to defend such suit, he shall be precluded from making any defense to the claim of the <span class=\"dictionary\">surety<\/span> which he might have made against the suit of the <span class=\"dictionary\">creditor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAILURE OF PRINCIPAL TO OFFER TO DEFEND SUIT AGAINST SURETY (\u00a7 49-29)\n\nIn all cases in which any principal debtor, or his committee, representative or\nheirs, knowing of the pendency of any suit against his surety, or the committee,\nheir or personal representative of such surety, shall not offer to defend such\nsuit, he shall be precluded from making any defense to the claim of the surety\nwhich he might have made against the suit of the creditor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 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