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banker's liens

banker's liens is the plural of banker's lien.

Meaning of banker's lien

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

Questions about banker's liens

What is banker's liens the plural of?
Banker's liens is the plural of banker's lien.

Words near banker's liens in the dictionary

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

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