tacit lien
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Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
The landlord shall have a tacit lien upon such of the tenant's personal chattels upon the premises as are subject to execution for debt, to commence with the tenancy and continue for three months after the rent is due and until the termination of any action for such rent brought within said three months.
Defined by the Supreme Court in - Fowler v. Rapley, 82 U.S. 328.