preferential lien

preferential lien
preferential lien
A lien obtained under circumstances which makes it a preferential transfer and subject to being avoided. (Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology)

United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012.

preferential lien
A lien obtained under circumstances which makes it a preferential transfer and subject to being avoided.

US Bankruptcy 2012.


Glossary of Bankruptcy.

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