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lien
lien [ leen, l ən ] (plural liens)


noun 
Definition:
 
legal claim on somebody's property: the legal right to keep or sell somebody else's property as security for a debt
[Mid-16th century. Via French< Latin ligamen "bond" < ligare "bind"]
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