General Lien
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
The right which the bailee of a chattel has to retam possession of it from the owner, until payment be made not only for the particular article, or some labor, service or expense performed, incurred or laid out upon or in relation to \t, but of any balance that may be due on general account in the same line of business.* 2 Steph. Com, 132.
See Lien.