landlord's lien
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 80 U.S. 14 - Webb v. Sharp · 1871Most cited · 26 citing opinions
an implied or tacit lien, created by law to secure the performance of another contract
How often courts cite the case defining “landlord's lien”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “landlord's lien” — 26 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.