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the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

of Lie. See Lain.

A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.

The spleen.

of Lie. See Lain.

The spleen.

A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or existed.

of Lie

The spleen.

The spleen.

Spleen.

The right of a secured creditor to grab a specific item of property if you don't pay a debt. Liens you agree to are called security interests, and include mortgages, home equity loans, car loans and personal loans for which you pledge property to guarantee repayment. Liens created without your consent are called nonconsensual liens, and include judgment liens (liens filed by a creditor who has sued you and obtained a judgment), tax liens and mechanics liens (liens filed by a contractor who worked on your house but wasn't paid).

A legal claim upon property; security for payment.

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

Pa.p. of LIE, to lie down.

A legal claim against property.

A legal claim on property.

A band, strap or garter, used in certain operations; as to tie patients during the operation of lithotomy; to fix the apparatus in fracture, etc. Also, the spleen.

[Latin] Spleen.

N. [Latin] A legal charge upon real or personal property for the satisfactIon of some debt or duty.