HyperDic: judgment_lien

English > 1 sense of the expression judgment lien:
NOUNpossessionjudgment lienlien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgment
English > judgment lien: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaninglien 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.
BroaderlienThe right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged

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