0 an official order that allows someone to keep the property of a person who owes them money until it has been paid
1 an official order that allows someone to keep the property of a person who owes them money until the money has been paid back:
This could occur where someone has a lien over the goods, i.e. a right to retain possession of them until a debt is paid.
State law allows the city to put a lien on the property to grab its money when it's sold.
a lien against sth Officials want to place a lien against half of the home to ensure payment.
The bank intends to hold a lien on the entire balance for the $400 due.
There is a solution: we could put a lien on the building that has been built, on behalf of those who supplied the materials.
It would prevent an arrest where the ship or aircraft was in the possession of a repairer with a "possessory lien" for his bill.
In the first place, they are given the right to claim a lien.
We took the shares in view of our prior lien charge.
A claim was made for pilotage, and there is some doubt whether this lien claimed is legal until these international conventions have been ratified.
And because of this authority the repairer can exercise a lien on the vehicle which will prevail against the legal owner.
In that case, the garage owner or the other repairer obviously has a lien.
He said that there was; a lien against that money.
