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creditor

a debt is owed ;esp : a person to whom money or goods are due compare debtor, obligor general creditor : a creditor who is not secured by a lien or other security interest called also unsecured

Constructive trust

of parties. It arises upon a vendor's lien or charge upon land sold for unpaid purchase money, and generally, when an estate is subject to a trust or equitable interest or lien, and a person purchases it

bond

must be cut off and presented for payment of interest debenture bond : a bond backed by the general credit of the issuer rather than by a specific lien on particular assets : debenture discount bond :

Wharfinger

defined as the occupier of wharf and it is further stated that as a rule, wharfingers have a general lien for the balance of their account, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law; Board of Trustees of the Port of … carriers, Consolidated Tea, etc., Co. v. Oliver's Wharf, (1910) 2 KB 395. As a rule, they have a general lien for the balance of their account, Consult Chitty or Addison on Contracts. The owner or occupatio of a

Solicitor

of costs until one month after its delivery in the manner prescribed by s. 65. He has a general lien for his costs on the papers of his clients [Re Rapid Road Transit Co., (1909) 1 Ch 96).

Blanket mortgage

various debts as a group or subjects a group or class of different pieces of property to one general lien

debenture

debentura, perhaps from Latin debentur they are owed] : an unsecured bond that is backed by the issuer's general credit rather than a specific lien called also debenture bond see also indenture compare mortgage bond at bond

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