Lien

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): of Lie

(2): ( obs. p. p.) of Lie. See Lain.

(3): ( 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.

King James Dictionary [2]

Lien, the obsolete participle of lie. See Lain.

Lien, n. supra. A legal claim as a lien upon land.

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