Pronunciations (6)
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/liːn/
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/ˈliːən/
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/ˈlaɪ.in/
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/ˈlaɪ.ən/
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ˈliːn
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ˈlaɪ.in
Noun
tendon
Usage- Obsolete
A right to take possession of a debtor’s property as security until a debt or duty is discharged.
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[…] every youth movement presents itself as loan to the future, and tries to call in its lien in advance, but when there is no future all loans are canceled.
Bodin deemed the king of France's power as absolute in the sense that the ruler was ‘absolved’ by divine sanction from legally binding liens and restrictions.
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In fact, an 1847 state medical convention in Alambama issued a recommendation that doctors caring for slaves seek liens upon the human chattel if their bills were not paid.
Noun
spleen (a ductless vascular gland)
Usage- Obsolete
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- Uncommon
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Li'enal. Pertaining to the lien or spleen; splenic.
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The lien or spleen (figs. 282 to 285) is a soft, highly vascular contractile and very elastic organ of a dark purplish colour. It is placed obliquely behind the stomach, …
the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
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a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
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