mechanic's lien
Americannoun
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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
The lack of a mechanic's lien law, which would protect his wages in the case of his employer's bankruptcy, was keenly felt by the workingmen.
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig
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