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Webster 1913 Edition
Lien
Lien
(lēn or lī′ĕn; 277)
, Noun.
[F.
lien
band, bond, tie, fr. L. ligamen
, fr. ligare
to bind. Cf. League
a union, Leam
a string, Leamer
, Ligament
.] (Law)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lien
LIEN
, the obsolete participle of lie. [See Lain.]LIEN
,Noun.