Lien

Example Definitions of "Lien"
Lien. Shall mean any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim on property, charge or encumbrance (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement), any lease in the nature thereof, and the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction
Lien. Any interest in property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including but not limited to the lien or security interest arising from any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in... the nature of a security interest. The term "Lien" shall include any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing. View More
Lien. With respect to any property or assets, means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Lien. Means the security interest in the Collateral established by this Security Agreement
Lien. (a) with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothec (whether movable or immovable), hypothecation, encumbrance, charge, security interest, royalty interest, adverse claim, defect to title or right of set off in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease, title retention agreement or consignment agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the... foregoing) relating to any asset, (c) any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such asset, (d) any netting arrangement, defeasance arrangement or reciprocal fee arrangement, and (e) any other arrangement having the effect of providing security. View More
Lien. Any security interest, pledge, mortgage, lien, charge, adverse claim of ownership or use, restriction on transfer (such as a right of first refusal or other similar right), defect of title, or other encumbrance of any kind or character
Lien. Any material mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, attachment or encumbrance, provided, however, that the term "Lien" shall not include (i) statutory liens for Taxes; (ii) encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property if the same do not materially detract from the value of the property encumbered thereby or materially impair the use of the property in the Business as currently conducted or proposed to be... conducted; (iii) statutory or common law liens to secure landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements confined to the premises rented; (iv) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pension programs mandated under applicable Legal Requirements or other social security; (v) statutory or common law liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, statutory or common law liens to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies and other like liens, and (vi) restrictions on transfer of securities imposed by applicable state and federal securities laws View More
Lien. With respect to any Property of any Person, any mortgage, lien, deed of trust, hypothecation, fiduciary transfer of title, assignment by way of security, lien, pledge, charge, lease, sale and lease-back arrangement, easement, servitude, trust arrangement, or security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such Property, or any preferential arrangement having the practical effect of constituting a security interest with respect to the payment of any obligation with, or from the... proceeds of, any Property of any kind (and a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any Property that it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capitalized Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such Property). View More
Lien. Any lien, mechanic's lien, materialmen's lien, lease, easement, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, conditional sale agreement, title retention agreement, agreement to sell or convey, option, claim, title imperfection, encroachment or other survey defect, pledge, restriction, security interest or other adverse claim, whether arising by contract or under law or otherwise (including, without limitation, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the... filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing). View More
Lien. Any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof); provided, however, such term shall not include any (i) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on the use of real property, encroachments and other similar charges or encumbrances, and title deficiencies, in each case not securing Indebtedness and which are not, in the aggregate, substantial... in dollar amount, (ii) carriers', warehousemens', mechanics', materialmen's, repairmens' or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not due and payable, and (iii) any interest or title or right of a lessor or sub-lessor under any lease or sublease entered into in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased. View More
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