Lien

[liːn;'liːən] or ['liən]

Definition

(noun.) the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.

Checked by Brady--From WordNet

Definition

(-) of Lie

(obs. p. p.) of Lie. See Lain.

(n.) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.

Inputed by Clinton

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Legal claim.

Typed by Harley

Definition

pa.p. of lie to lie down.

n. (law) a right in one to retain the property of another to pay a claim.

Typist: Nora