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Retaining lien

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004297

A common law right of an attorney to hold onto a client's property, documents, or funds that are in the attorney's possession until the client pays outstanding legal fees. This lien serves as security for payment and does not allow the attorney to sell the property. It is extinguished once the debt is paid.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004297
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Retaining lien",
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  "definition": "A common law right of an attorney to hold onto a client's property, documents, or funds that are in the attorney's possession until the client pays outstanding legal fees. This lien serves as security for payment and does not allow the attorney to sell the property. It is extinguished once the debt is paid.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/retaining-lien/"
}

Record 4,358 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.