LANDLORD'S LIEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lien on a tenant's property for the satisfaction of unpaid rent or property damage; the landlord is given the status of a preferred creditor with regard to the tenant's property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("landlord's lien" is a kind of...):

lien (the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged)

Credits