Lien Under Company Law
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Pennington, Company Law, 5th edn, pg 444 says, "... in practice, the Articles (of a company) never impose a lien on shares represented by share warrants and ...
Allen v Gold Reefs of West Africa Ltd - Wikipedia, the free ...
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Allen v Gold Reefs of West Africa Ltd [1900] 1 Ch 656 is a UK company law ... v Gold Reefs of West Africa Ltd [1900] 1 Ch 656, inserting a lien on shares fully ...

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see the following link to chose the appropriate "lien" in the "Thesauraus" according to your context.

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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lien

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www.investopedia.com/terms/c/corporate-lien.asp
For example, the federal government may impose a corporate tax lien on a company that fails to pay payroll tax or some other tax obligations. The corporate lien ...