specificity
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From 345 U.S. 361 - United States v. Gilbert Associates, Inc. · 1953Most cited · 800 citing opinions
In claims of this type 'specificity' requires that the lien be attached to certain property by reducing it to possession, on the theory that the United States has no claim against property no longer in the possession of the debtor. Until such possession, it remains a general lien.