Associations to the word «Lien»

Wiktionary

LIEN, noun. (obsolete) A tendon.
LIEN, noun. (legal) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty.
LIEN, verb. (Bible) (archaic) Alternative form of lain

Dictionary definition

LIEN, noun. The right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged.
LIEN, noun. A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke