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landlord's lien

Definitions of landlord's lien
  1. noun
    lien on a tenant's property for the satisfaction of unpaid rent or property damage; the landlord is given the status of a preferred creditor with regard to the tenant's property
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    type of:
    lien
    the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
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