Lien

Definitions

1. A tendon.
   obsolete
2. The spleen.
   obsolete, possibly, uncommon
3. A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 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.”

“Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense⟳ that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.”

“Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.”

“The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, …”

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