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Substantive capacity

means capacity other than an officiating or temporary capacity and would imply that the holder thereof had a lien on his post, Prem Nath Sharma v. Vice-Chancellor, Lucknow, University, AIR 1959 All 618. Substantive capacity, the emphasis

Salvage

allowed by all modern maritime states; the person who saves goods from loss or imminent peril has a lien upon them, and may retain them till payment of salvage. In this, however, the maritime law differs from

Retention

retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right of retention shall be paid; a lien.

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Jus offerendi

Jus offerendi, means the right of subrogation; the right to succeed to a senior creditor's lien and priority upon tendering the amount due to that creditor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 866.

unsecured claim

claim or debt for which a creditor holds no special assurance of payment, such as a mortgage or lien; a debt for which credit was extended based solely upon the creditor's assessment of the debtor's future ability

title 1

improvements (like renovations or repairs) to their home; Title I loans less than $7,500 don't require a property lien. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

slander of title

property that causes harm for which special damages may be awarded [damages for the filing of a fraudulent lien and for slander of title "M & P Concrete Prods. v. Woods, 590 So. 2d 429 (1991)"] called

recordation

recordation : the act or process of recording [ of a lien]

terre tenant

tenir to hold] : one in actual possession of land ;specif : one who purchases land after a lien of mortgage or judgment has attached used chiefly in the law of Pennsylvania

purchase

giving other valuable consideration ;specif : to take (property) by a voluntary transaction (as a sale, mortgage, pledge, lien, or gift) that creates an interest and that is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code see also bona

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