Lat. In the clvll law. The benefit or privilege of order; the prlvilege whlch a surety for a debtor had of requlrlng that his princlpal should be dlscussed, or thoroughly prosecuted, be-fore the credltor could resort to him. Nov. 4, c. 1; Heinecc. Elem. lib. 3, tit. 21, $ 883