lien : Idioms & Phrases

• noun lien permitting an artisan to retain possession of a piece of work until has been paid for
  

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• noun lien of the United States on all property of a taxpayer who fails to pay the federal government the taxes for which he or she is liable
  

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• noun the extension of a mechanic's lien to include payment for work on automobiles
  

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• noun a lien on all the property owned by a debtor and not just a specific property
  

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• (Law), a right to detain a chattel, etc., until payment is made of any balance due on a general account.

Webster 1913

• noun lien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgment; lien may be enforced by having the sheriff seize the property and hold a sheriff's sale
  

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• noun lien on a tenant's property for the satisfaction of unpaid rent or property damage; the landlord is given the status of a preferred creditor with regard to the tenant's property
  

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• noun lien to secure payment for work and materials in erecting or repairing a building or other structure
  

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• (Law), a lien, or a right to retain a thing, for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, that particular thing.

Webster 1913

• noun a lien on the property of a taxpayer that the tax collector can use upon default of payment of taxes
  

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• noun lien of which a tax collector may avail himself in default of taxes (analogous to a judgment lien)
  

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• noun right of a warehouseman to retain goods until all storage charges have been paid
  

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