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Definition of Judgment lien
1. Noun. Lien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgment; lien may be enforced by having the sheriff seize the property and hold a sheriff's sale.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Judgment Lien
Literary usage of Judgment lien
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The bolder of a judgment lien upon real estate, ... The entry of a judgment upon
the judgment lien docket in the office of the clerk of the .county court ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"177*] [»judgment lien. Local Law. ... purchased under it.1 For the general effect
of a judgment lien, he cited the authorities in the margin. ..."
3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1906)
"judgment lien, Creation of Where the Sale is Made in Another Suit.—If the holder
of a judgment is made a party defendant to a suit to foreclose a mortgage ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"... hold true in regard to the parallel supposed to exist between a judgment lien
and a mortgage lien. While a judgment lien is general, a mortgage lien is ..."
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