Mechanic's Lien
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A species of remedy allowed by the statute laws of most of the states to persons furnishing materials or labor towards the construction of a building, whereby, in proper cases, payment oiE their demands may be enforced out of the realty.
See Lien.