Lien

ll'enorle'en, n. (law) aright in one to retain the property of another to pay a claim. [Fr., tie, band— L. hgamen—hgo, to bind.] Lien, U'en (B.)pa.p. of Lie, to lie down. Lieth, ll'eth (B.) 3d pers. suig. of Lie, to lie down. ); tight Liett, Id, place, stead. [Fr.—L. locus, place.] Lieutenancy, lef-ten'an-si office ax commi ion of a lieutenant the body of lieutenants. Lieutenant, lef-ten'ant, an officer holding the place of another in his absence a commi ioned officer in the army next below a captain, or in the navy next below a commander one holding a place next in rank to a superior, as in the compounds lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant-general. {Fr., from lten, a place, and tenant, holding tenir to hold. See LiBU and Tenant.] Life, n state of living animate existence: union of soul and body the period between birth and death present state of existence manner of living moral conduct animation: a living being system of animal nature social state human affairs narrative of a life eternal happine , also He who bestows a quickening principle in a moral sense pi. Lives, ltvz. {A.S Ice., and Sw. hf. Hut lii/, body, life; tier leben, to live. See Live.] Life-a urance, lIff-asli-sh(jor'ans. Same as Llfeinsurance, Lifeboat, UfbOt, n a boat of peculiar construction for saving shipwrecked persons. Life-estate, lif-es-tut', « an estate held during the life of the po e or.