1. lien - Noun
2. lien - Verb
of Lie
of Lie. See Lain.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryEvery youth movement presents itself as a loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled. Greil Marcus
Rights give rise to legal claims. Ultimately, the more rights animals are granted, the greater the legal lien exercised on their behalf against the liberty and property of people. Ilana Mercer
No man - prince, peasant, pope, - has all the light, who says else is a mountebank. I claim no private lien on truth, only a liberty to seek it, prove it in debate, and to be wrong a thousand times to reach a single rightness. Morris West
A mechanics lien is a legal claim for unpaid construction work. Source: Internet
All these items of personal property are being sold pursuant to the assertion of the lien on February 8, 2020, at 12 noon in order to collect the amounts due from you pursuant to S. 715.109. Source: Internet
At Sir Te's estate, Shu Lien meets Jen ( Zhang Ziyi ), the daughter of Governor Yu (Li Fazeng), a visiting Manchu aristocrat. Source: Internet