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

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