Sentence examples for lien in from inspiring English sources

So if the neighbor sought to sell the apartment, he or she would have to pay off the lien in order to deliver clear title to the buyer.

Lien, in property law, claim or charge upon property securing the payment of some debt or the satisfaction of some obligation or duty.

When the township looked into the matter, it discovered that Woodbridge had acquired the property through a tax lien in 1998.

And while sellers often try to negotiate a voluntary discharge of the lien in exchange for placing the amount in dispute into escrow, contractors may refuse the offer.

The State of California dropped its lien in February after Mr. Jackson paid back taxes, according to the secretary of state.

President Lee, although reviled in China for his own assertion of Taiwan's statehood, has joined Mr. Lien in warning that Mr. Chen's election could provoke China to war.

Instead, the county auctioned the tax liens in 1996.

Thus, the standard search for liens in New York might easily miss a tax lien filed elsewhere.

Public records named Gestas on federal tax liens in 1992 and 1996 and on state tax liens in 1993, 1996, 2000 and 2006.

And while the top four servicers administered 55percentt of first liens in the fourth quarter of 2008, they also held $440 billion in second liens.

When Wells Fargo disclosed its earnings, for instance, it classified 5.3 percent of its first mortgages as nonperforming, but put only 2.4 percent of its second liens in that category.