lien on land
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From 67 U.S. 430 - Ward v. Chamberlain · 1862Most cited · 48 citing opinions
Although a lien on land constitutes no property or right in the land itself, still it confers a right to levy on the same to the exclusion of other adverse interests acquired subsequently to the judgment, and when the levy is actually made on the land affected by the lien, the title of the creditor generally relates back to the time of the judgment, so as to cut out intermediate incumbrances.