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Definitions of lien in various dictionaries:
noun - the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
noun - a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm
The right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt or duty.
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| Collateral, maybe |
| Bank claim |
| Tax ___ |
| Bank holding |
| Property encumbrance |
| Legal encumbrance |
| Mortgage |
| Lender's protection |
| Mortgage, e.g. |
| It may be on the house |
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| Common-law & statutory are types of this legal claim one has on the property of another as security for debt |
| A claim on a debtor's property; the "mechanic's" type is held by a worker who wasn't paid |
| 4-letter word for a charge or encumbrance placed on one's property to secure payment of a debt |
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| The right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt or duty. |
| a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged. |
| the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged |
| a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm produces cells involved in immune responses |
| an official order that allows someone to keep the property of a person who owes them money until it has been paid |
| an official order that allows someone to keep the property of a person who owes them money until the money has been paid back: |
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A lien ( or ) is a form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the lienee and the person who has the benefit of the lien is referred to as the lienor or lien holder. * The etymological root is Anglo-French lien, loyen "bond", "restraint", from Latin ligamen, from ligare "to bind". * In the United States, the term lien generally refers to a wide range of encumbrances and would include other forms of mortgage or charge. In the US, a lien characteristically refers to nonpossessory security interests (see generally: Security interestcategories). * In other common-law countries, the term lien refers to a very specific type of security interest, being a passive right to retain (but not sell) property until the debt or other obligation is discharged. In contrast to the usage of the term in the US, in other countries it refers to a purely possess |