Secondly the legal consequences of a variety of causes of the invalid suretyship contract are analyzed .

其次，对各类不同成因的无效 保证 合同的法律后果作了分析。

Suretyship contract would be null and void not only because of being null and void of the principal contract but also because of its own .

保证 合同既可能因主合同无效而无效，亦可因自身的原因而无效。

The suretyship is a form of guaranty in which the performance of a contract ( principal obligation ) is guaranted by entering into a suretyship contract on the surety 's general property .

保证是以保证人的一般财产而设定的、用一个 合同去 担保另一个合同（主债务）的履行之担保方式，有一定的独立性。

On the Beginning of the Term of Suretyship & And on the Term of Suretyship and the Limitation of Actions of the Contract of Suretyship

保证期间起算新探&兼论保证期间与 保证 合同诉讼时效

If the creditor does not demand that the surety undertake suretyship liability during the term of suretyship agreed in the contract or provided by the preceding paragraph the surety shall be relieved of the suretyship liability .

在 合同约定的 保证期间和前款规定的 保证期间，债权人未要求保证人承担保证责任的，保证人免除保证责任。

A general suretyship allows the surety to refuse to undertake suretyship liability towards the creditor before a dispute over the principal contract is tried or arbitrated and the obligations are not enforceable even after the debtor 's assets have been seized according to law .

一般保证的保证人在主 合同纠纷未经审判或者仲裁，并就债务人财产依法强制执行仍不能履行债务前，对债权人可以拒绝承担 保证责任。