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banker's lien

banker's lien noun: the right of a bank to satisfy a customer's matured debt by seizing the customer's money or property within the bank's possession.

Noun

banker's lien (plural banker's liens)

  1. The right of a bank to satisfy a customer's matured debt by seizing the customer's money or property within the bank's possession.
    • As a banker's lien may arise in consequence of the customer's instruction to a bank to open credits without the need to prove an unequivocal act of deposition or intent to deposit the documents, a banker's lien is likely to arise where the bank is financing the transaction under a documentary...2003, Emmanuel T. Laryea, chapter 3, in Paperless Trade: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions, →ISBN, page 177

Forms of banker's lien

pluralbanker's liens

Questions about banker's lien

What does banker's lien mean?
Banker's lien means the right of a bank to satisfy a customer's matured debt by seizing the customer's money or property within the bank's possession.
What part of speech is banker's lien?
Banker's lien is a noun.
What is the plural of banker's lien?
The plural of banker's lien is banker's liens.

Words near banker's lien in the dictionary

  1. banker's envelope
  2. banker's envelopes
  3. banker's hours
  4. banker's lamp
  5. banker's lamps
  6. banker's lien
  7. banker's liens
  8. banker's order
  9. banker's orders
  10. banker's ramp
  11. bankeraceous

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