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Charging lien

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000941

A claim by an attorney on a judgment or settlement obtained for a client, securing payment of the attorney's fees and costs. This lien attaches to the proceeds of the litigation itself, rather than to the client's general assets. It prevents the client from receiving the full amount of the recovery without first satisfying the attorney's claim.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000941
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000941",
  "term": "Charging lien",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A claim by an attorney on a judgment or settlement obtained for a client, securing payment of the attorney's fees and costs. This lien attaches to the proceeds of the litigation itself, rather than to the client's general assets. It prevents the client from receiving the full amount of the recovery without first satisfying the attorney's claim.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/charging-lien/"
}

Record 762 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.