A lien specifies a legal claim against property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation, persisting through registration records, filing with government authorities, and the statutory priority hierarchy that ranks competing claims against the same asset. [formal: ligamen | substrate: behavior | horizon: hours | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
Accepted ontology entry
lien
A lien specifies a legal claim against property to secure payment of a debt or performance of an obligation, persisting through registration records, filing with government authorities, and the statutory priority hierarchy that ranks compe…
Definition
Why it is in scope
A legal claim or right against property as security for the payment of a debt or obligation — built through registration or legal filing to persist the creditor's priority interest in the encumbered asset.
Names and aliases
- lienen · CANONICAL
Relations from this entry
- cmr784r5e002bs126m1vdhxgkDEPENDS_ON →
A lien is a legal construct requiring statutes and enforcement to operate. Remove law and liens cease to function. Proper object-level DEPENDS_ON.
- cmrhnc65902098aehuxnv9f0wINSTANCE_OF →
A lien IS a specific kind of security interest: a right to retain possession of property as security for a debt or obligation. A competent speaker would call a lien 'a security.' Specific→general direction: lien → security.
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- Created
- Jul 28, 2026, 2:02 PM UTC
- Content hash
- 92208605eb97bee255729f63b4286dca429bf8638adefd50366eb7a369fa6f47