mechanic's lien

American  

noun

1. a lien secured on property, as an automobile, building, or the like, by the contractor who has repaired or built it, in order to ensure payment for labor and materials.

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mechanic's lien

With a mechanic’s lien, you hired the workers, which was the act that gave the workers the right to make a claim against your property.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Sep. 19, 2018

Mr. Szabo went to Thomas Macari, a vice president of the Trump Organization, threatening to place a mechanic’s lien on the property if the men weren’t paid.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2017

According to a mechanic’s lien the company filed four days before Christmas, Magnolia worked on the Trump hotel for more than two years, from September of 2014 to December of 2016.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2017

On June 27, 1980, the Poles’ lawyer, Szabo, went to Trump’s office and served Trump with a mechanic’s lien, Szabo testified.

From Time ● Nov. 29, 2

It was not till Mr. Hardcap, whose stock of patience is small, threatened the church with a mechanic's lien that the remedy was forthcoming.

From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott

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