A lien is a charge imposed in some mode other than by a transfer in trust upon specific property by which it is made security for the performance of an act.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2872
Definition of Liens
Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case 30 Cal. 4th 798 - Olszewski v. Scripps Health (2003)
Most recently applied in 236 Cal. App. 4th 329 - Novak v. Fay (April 2015)
Amended by Code Amendments 1877-78, Ch. 74.
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