D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lien

/(lī"ĕn)/ · Li·en · IPA /liːn/
01 p. p. p. p. of Lie. See lain.
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    p. p. of Lie. See lain.obs. See: Lie, lain
02 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 ret…
  1. 1.
    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.(Law)