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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Example Sentences

If you do not pay the workers for their services or materials, then they can levy a mechanic’s lien against your land.

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