Lien

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- of Lie.

II. Lien (·obs ·p.p.) of Lie. ·see Lain.

III. Lien ·noun 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.

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lien
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