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n.A lien enforceable in equity, not at law.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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lien — lien1 lienable, adj. /leen, lee euhn/, n. Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation. [1525 35; < AF, OF < L ligamen tie, bandage, equiv. to liga(re) … Universalium
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