- lien creditor
- A creditor who holds a lien for the debt owed to him.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
lien creditor
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lien creditor — see creditor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
creditor — cred·i·tor / kre də tər, ˌtȯr/ n: a person to whom a debt is owed; esp: a person to whom money or goods are due compare debtor, obligor general creditor: a creditor who is not secured by a lien or other security interest – called also unsecured… … Law dictionary
ideal lien creditor — A term of the law of bankruptcy relative to the preferred status of a trustee in bankruptcy in asserting priorities; a hypothetical creditor holding a lien by legal or equitable proceedings at the date of bankruptcy, whereby the trustee in… … Ballentine's law dictionary
lien — /liy(a)n/ A claim, encumbrance, or charge on property for payment of some debt, obligation or duty. Sullins v. Sullins, 65 Wash.2d 283, 396 P.2d 886, 888. Qualified right of property which a creditor has in or over specific property of his debtor … Black's law dictionary
lien — /liy(a)n/ A claim, encumbrance, or charge on property for payment of some debt, obligation or duty. Sullins v. Sullins, 65 Wash.2d 283, 396 P.2d 886, 888. Qualified right of property which a creditor has in or over specific property of his debtor … Black's law dictionary
creditor — A person to whom a debt is owing by another person who is the debtor. Rooney v. Inheritance Tax Commission of Kansas, 143 Kan. 143, 53 P.2d 500, 501. One who has a right to require the fulfillment of an obligation or contract. Murphy v. Jos.… … Black's law dictionary
creditor — A person to whom a debt is owing by another person who is the debtor. Rooney v. Inheritance Tax Commission of Kansas, 143 Kan. 143, 53 P.2d 500, 501. One who has a right to require the fulfillment of an obligation or contract. Murphy v. Jos.… … Black's law dictionary
creditor — An obligee, a person, natural or artificial, public or private, in whose favor an obligation exists by reason of which he is or may become entitled to the payment of money, at least if the obligation is one on a liquidated demand based upon an… … Ballentine's law dictionary
LIEN — (Heb. שִׁעְבּוּד נְכָסִים, Shibud Nekhasim). The Concept Jewish law enables the creditor to exercise a lien over all the debtor s property, in addition to his remedies against the debtor personally. This lien automatically comes into existence on … Encyclopedia of Judaism
lien — / lēn/ n [Anglo French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind]: a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is created by agreement of the… … Law dictionary
