LIEN

Lien

In law, a lien is a form of security interest granted over an item of property to secure the payment of a debt or performance of some other obligation. The owner of the property, who grants the lien, is referred to as the lienor and the person who has the benefit of the lien is referred to as the lienee.

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lien

Noun

  1. A tendon.
  2. A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty.

Verb

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...


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