LekhoriLekhoriA tendon.
A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
[…] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
Alternative form of lain.
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done vnto vs? one of the people might lightly haue lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest haue brought guiltinesse vpon vs.”
Borrowed from Middle French lien, from Latin ligāmen (“a bond”), from ligō (“tie, bind”).
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