lien en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /liːn/
- (US) audio
- /ˈliːən/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).
Meanings
- (obsolete) tendon
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A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
In fact, an 1847 state medical convention in Alambama issued a recommendation that doctors caring for slaves seek liens upon the human chattel if their bills were not paid.
2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 65:[…] 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.
1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009: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.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| liens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lienor · attorney's lien · blanket lien · lienholder · liensman · lienholding · banker's lien · agricultural lien · liened · vendor's lien · mechanic's lien · architect's lien · accountant's lien · lienable
Translations (29)
es derecho de retención (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · sv kvarstadsrätt (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · fr droit de rétention (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · it diritto di retenzione (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · fi pidätysoikeus (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · nl retentierecht (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · mi riena (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · fi panttioikeus (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · ja 担保物権 (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · ru зало́говое пра́во (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · pt direito de retenção (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · sk záložné právo (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · mi rīana (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · de Retentionsrecht (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · sh pravo zadržaja (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · cmn 留置權 /留置权 (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · fi kiinnitys (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · gl dereito de retención (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · hu visszatartási jog (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · af retensiereg (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · mi riana (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · sv panträtt (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · sl zastavna pravica (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · de Zurückbehaltungsrecht (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · cy hawlrwym (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · ru зало́г (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · pl prawo zatrzymania (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · cs zadržovací právo (right to take and hold debtor’s property) · cs retenční právo (right to take and hold debtor’s property)