A suretyship for the obligation of the former obligor or the security furnished by a third person shall be extinguished by virtue of assumption of the obligation, unless the surety or the third person has given consent thereto.
Civil Act — Article 459 (Assumption of obligation and extinction of suretyship or security)
민법 제459조
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