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lien

lien [Anglo-French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind] : a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is

liable

liable [ultimately from Old French lier to bind, from Latin ligare] 1 : answerable according to law : bound or obligated according to law or equity

earnest

from Greek arrhabōn, of Semitic origin] : something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain

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bound

2 : something that limits or restrains [within the s of the law] past and past part of bind vt : to form the boundary of or enclose [property ed on the north by a stone wall]

agreement

expression (as a settlement, covenant, or contract) of the intent or willingness of two or more parties to bind at least one to terms usually determined by negotiation [an must be sufficiently definite before a court can

Caburn

A small line made of spun yarn to bind or worm cables seize tackles etc

chains

metal shackles connected by chains used to bind hands or legs as he was kept two weeks in chains

Obligor

The person who binds himself or gives his bond to another

Inknot

To fasten or bind as with a knot to knot together

Ob

A prefix signifying to toward before against reversely etc also as a simple intensive as in oblige to bind to obstacle something standing before object lit to throw against obovate reversely or oppositely ovate Ob is commonly

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