Lien Definition

lēn, lēən
liens
noun
liens
A claim upon a part of another's property that arises because of an unpaid debt related to that property and that operates as an encumbrance on the property until the debt is satisfied.
American Heritage
A claim on the property of another as security for the payment of a just debt.
Webster's New World
A security interest, held by a creditor in a debtor’s property, to secure a loan.
Webster's New World Law
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verb

(biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain.

If no man have lien with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse...
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Lien

Noun

Singular:
lien
Plural:
liens

Origin of Lien

  • French tie, bond from Old French constraint from Latin ligāmen bond from ligāre to bind leig- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“a bond"), from ligō (“tie, bind").

    From Wiktionary

Lien Sentence Examples

  • But the abolition of the law of hypothec in 1879 - under which the landlord had a lien for rent upon the produce of the land, the cattle and sheep fed on it, and the live stock and implements used in husbandry - the Ground Game Act of 1880, the sevekal Agricultural Holdings Acts, and the construction of light railways improved matters and established a better understanding.

  • A homestead provision (1901) exempts from liability for debts (except mortgages or liens placed before the homestead claim) any homestead belonging to the head of a family, existing in one compact body and valued at not more than $2500; such a homestead a married man may not sell, lease or put a lien on without his wife's consent.

  • A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor 's limited liability company interest.

  • The lien remains inchoate until a breach of the charter occurs, when the lien becomes perfected.

  • The Sureties claimed a maritime lien for necessaries against Commodore's vessels based on the bond.

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Words Starting With

LLILIE

Words Ending With

NENIEN

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