Definition of lien

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Lien (n.) 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.

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Abalienate :: Abalienate (v. t.) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
Inalienably :: Inalienably (adv.) In a manner that forbids alienation; as, rights inalienably vested..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault..
Alienism :: Alienism (n.) The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.
Dissiliency :: Dissiliency (n.) The act of leaping or starting asunder.
Clientelage :: Clientelage (n.) See Clientele, n., 2..
Enclave :: Enclave (v. t.) To inclose within an alien territory.
Transilience :: Transilience (n.) Alt. of Transilienc.
Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire.
Lien :: Lien (obs. p. p.) of Lie. See Lain.
Nonalienation :: Nonalienation (n.) Failure to alienate; also, the state of not being alienated..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Moving by leaps or springs; leaping; bounding; jumping.
Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or condition of being salient; a leaping; a springing forward; an assaulting.
Heterarchy :: Heterarchy (n.) The government of an alien.
Mollient :: Mollient (a.) Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.
Strangled :: Stranger (v. t.) To estrange; to alienate.
Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..
Clientship :: Clientship (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.
Resilient :: Resilient (a.) Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Irreconcile :: Irreconcile (v. t.) To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect.
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