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Particular Lien

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A right which a person has to retain property in respect of money or labor expended on such particular property. See "Lien."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The right to retain particular property only for a charge for labor and services bestowed upon it. See 37 Am. Dec. 522, note.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The right which a person has to retain property in respect of money or labor expended on such particular property. See Lien.