Vendor's lien

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·add. ·- An implied lien (that is, one not created by mortgage or other express agreement) given in equity to a vendor of lands for the unpaid purchase money.

Related Words

lien
lĭēn, ēnis, and liēnis, is, m. (gen. plur. lienum, Plin. 23, 7, 63, § 121) [for plien; Sanscr. plīha...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Lien
·- of <<Lie>>. II. Lien (·obs ·p.p.) of Lie. ·see <<Lain>>. III. Lien ·noun A legal claim; a charg...

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lien
A claim to property, and a consequent right of retention. But ships cannot be the subjects of a spec...

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Floating lien
·add. ·- A charge, lien, ·etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from ...

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maritime lien
A privileged claim in respect of service done to, or injury caused by, a ship, to be carried into ef...

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