lien Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
  2. 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
    spleen.

WordNet

Li"en obsolete past participle
Definitions
  1. of Lie. See lain. Ps. lxviii. 13.
Lien noun
Etymology
F. lien band, bond, tie, fr. L. ligamen, fr. ligare to bind. Cf. League a union, Leam a string, Leamer, Ligament.
Definitions
  1. (Law) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.

Webster 1913