Definitionn. the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
Last update: June 29, 2015
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The Sureties claimed a maritime lien for necessaries against Commodore 's vessels based on the bond. [noun]
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But the abolition of the law of hypothec in 1879 - under which the landlord had a lien for rent upon the produce of the land, the cattle and sheep fed on it, and the live stock and implements used in husbandry - the Ground Game Act of 1880, the sevekal Agricultural Holdings Acts, and the construction of light railways improved matters and established a better understanding. [Please select]
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