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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 paidplay

  Familiarity information: WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WAREHOUSEMAN'S LIEN (noun)


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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