: a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
The bank had a lien on our house.
2
: the security interest created by a mortgage
the lien of a mortgage
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe 41-year-old developer was the subject of a tax lien that has since been settled, and at least one persisting civil judgment. Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022 Eventually, the number of complaints involved at least 50 units, Sills recalled, a threshold that allowed the commission to put a lien on the mortgage.jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2022 As Variety reported in July, Vue has signed an agreement for its first-lien lenders to take 100% equity ownership of the business. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2022 The reality star and her husband were slapped with a tax lien by the state of California. Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022 Vue confirmed on Thursday that its first-lien lenders will take 100% equity ownership of the business. Manori Ravindran, Variety, 14 July 2022 Associations might adopt the contents of Civil Code 5730 as rules and then add any lien enforcement policies to satisfy Section 5310(7). Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022 Okay, so now AVT has a lien against Olivet's interests in the LLCs. Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 The problem is that the LLCs were not a party to the Utah proceeding, and thus have no formal notice that there is any lien on Olivet's interests. Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Anglo-French lien, loyen bond, restraint, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind — more at ligature