Lien
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /liːn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lien is a noun meaning (law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
Meaning
(law) A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
More Meanings
- (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of lain.
- (uncommon, possibly obsolete) The spleen.
- (obsolete) A tendon.
Example Sentences
Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.
[…] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.”
Word Forms
- liens
- lienes
Synonyms for lien
Depending on context, synonyms include milt, spleen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spleen, tie, ying, lyn, lean, lyne.
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