lien creditor
Defined in 2 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910)
United States Code
49 U.S.C. § 14301 — in this section
Lien creditor.—The term “lien creditor” means a creditor having a lien on a motor vehicle and includes an assignee for benefit of creditors from the date of assignment, a trustee in a case under title 11 from the date of filing of the petition in that case, and a receiver in equity from the date of appointment of the receiver.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One whose debt or claim is secured by a lien on particular property, as distinguished from a "general" creditor, who has no such security.
Defined under Lien in Black's Law Dictionary.