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WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does warehouseman's lien mean?
• WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN (noun)
The noun WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN has 1 sense:
1. right of a warehouseman to retain goods until all storage charges have been paid
Familiarity information: WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Right of a warehouseman to retain goods until all storage charges have been paid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("warehouseman's lien" is a kind of...):
lien (the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged)
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