landlord's lien

1. 1.

   lien on a tenant's property for the satisfaction of unpaid rent or property damage; the landlord is given the status of a preferred creditor with regard to the tenant's property

   Broaderlien

Questions about landlord's lien

What does landlord's lien mean?

landlord's lien means "lien on a tenant's property for the satisfaction of unpaid rent or property damage; the landlord is given the status of a preferred creditor with regard to the tenant's property".

Is landlord's lien a common word?

landlord's lien is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.