JUDGMENT LIEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgment; lien may be enforced by having the sheriff seize the property and hold a sheriff's sale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("judgment lien" is a kind of...):

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

Credits